Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sedgwick County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sedgwick County pays $2,461 a year, an effective rate of 1.21%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,461
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.21%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +23%
- vs U.S. average
- #95 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Sedgwick County pay a median $2,461 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.21%, more affordable than 23% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,461
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.21%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +23%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($203,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 528,226. Owner-occupied homes: 130,395.
The median annual property tax in Sedgwick County is $2,461, which is 12% lower than the Kansas state average and 23% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.21% on a median home value of $203,300. Property taxes represent 3.5% of the median household income in this county.
Sedgwick County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sedgwick County's 1.21% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 23%).
Decision signal 2
High among Kansas counties by effective rate
Sedgwick County ranks #95 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (10% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Sedgwick County pay a median annual property tax of $2,461, notably higher than the national median and notably lower than the Kansas state median. On a $203,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.21% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Sedgwick County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $69,365 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Sedgwick County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 5.9% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 75% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 39.0%, the median bill rose 30.7% to $2,461: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 31% from $1,883 to $2,461. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 47,269 of 130,395 owner-occupied homes (36.3%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 3.5% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to here.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Sedgwick County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sedgwick County homeowners, 47,269 of 130,395 owner-occupied homes (36.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 9.0% (11,782)
- $800 to $1,499 17.3% (22,579)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.7% (15,216)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.6% (29,494)
- $3,000 or more 36.3% (47,269)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
4,055 homes here (3.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Sedgwick County, mortgaged homeowners pay 16% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Sedgwick County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Sedgwick County's effective rate is higher than 10% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #95 of 105.
Where Sedgwick County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.21% more affordable than 23% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Sedgwick County moved from $1,883 in the 2020 release to $2,461 in 2024, a change of about 31%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Sedgwick County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sedgwick County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.5% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Sedgwick County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kansas counties.
Sedgwick County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,461 +4.9% | 1.21% |
| 2023 | $2,345 +5.1% | 1.23% |
| 2022 | $2,232 +11.2% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | $2,007 +6.6% | 1.31% |
| 2020 | $1,883 | 1.29% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Sedgwick County: tax-to-income at 3.5%
Counties near Sedgwick County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sedgwick County sits nearest Fremont County (IA), Buena Vista County (IA), Tuscola County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Taylor County (IA), Crittenden County (AR), Camp County (TX).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Sedgwick County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 12,690 of 245,850 returns from Sedgwick County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,510 - 35% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
Other Counties in Kansas
Sedgwick County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Sedgwick County?
- Sedgwick County, Kansas scores F (29/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at D (2.93×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Sedgwick County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Sedgwick County is $2,461, an effective rate of 1.21% on a $203,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Sedgwick County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sedgwick County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.21% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Sedgwick County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sedgwick County jumped 30.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,883 to $2,461, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Sedgwick County?
- Property taxes in Sedgwick County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $69,365 median household income.
What to do with Sedgwick County's PAR rate
At Sedgwick County's 1.21% effective rate, a $203,300 home implies about $2,461/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Sedgwick County ranks #95 of 105 Kansas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Kansas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Sedgwick County's PAR effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.21%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,461/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sedgwick County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sedgwick County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Clinton County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sedgwick County at $2,461/yr; rate 1.53% vs Sedgwick County 1.21%.
Mason County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sedgwick County at $2,461/yr; rate 0.84% vs Sedgwick County 1.21%.
Tooele County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,460/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Sedgwick County 1.21%.
Yakima County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,463/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.79% vs Sedgwick County 1.21%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sedgwick County stamps PAR · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Sedgwick County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.