Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Stanton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Stanton County pays $1,667 a year, an effective rate of 2.46%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,667
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 2.46%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -16%
- vs U.S. average
- #1 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Stanton County pay a median $1,667 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 2.46%, more affordable than 0% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,667
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 2.46%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3123 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -16%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($67,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 2,038. Owner-occupied homes: 655.
The median annual property tax in Stanton County is $1,667, which is 40% lower than the Kansas state average and 16% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 2.46% on a median home value of $67,800. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Stanton County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Stanton County's 2.46% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 100% pay more.
Decision signal 2
Low among Kansas counties by effective rate
Stanton County ranks #1 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (99% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Stanton County pay a median annual property tax of $1,667, notably lower than the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $67,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 2.46% 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 Stanton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $71,700 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Stanton 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 7.9% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 68% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 7.3%, the median bill fell 1.2% to $1,667: 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,688 in 2020 to $1,667 in 2024, a fall of 1%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
Owner-occupied homes cluster in the $1,500 to $1,999 range here: 174 of 655 (26.6%). A middle band carrying the plurality means the county median sits near the most common reported range.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 2.3% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Stanton County fell from $1,688 to $1,667, a change of -1.2%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
Stanton County is an outlier inside Kansas
Across the 105 Kansas counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 1.54%. Stanton County is at 2.46%, which sits 3.4 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Stanton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Stanton County homeowners, 174 of 655 owner-occupied homes (26.6%), pays $1,500 to $1,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.1% (145)
- $800 to $1,499 18.6% (122)
- $1,500 to $1,999 26.6% (174)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.7% (90)
- $3,000 or more 18.2% (119)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Stanton County pay a substantially higher bill, 41% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Stanton County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Stanton County's effective rate is higher than 99% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #1 of 105.
Where Stanton County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
2.46% more affordable than 0% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Stanton County taxes property at 2.46%, about 91% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $1,667 lands roughly 40% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Stanton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Stanton County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Stanton County's PEAK · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Stanton County's published figures (PEAK · MID), a $67,800 median home carries a $1,667 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $167 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Stanton County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,667 +5.1% | 2.46% |
| 2023 | $1,586 -5.7% | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $1,681 +4.0% | 2.27% |
| 2021 | $1,617 -4.2% | 2.48% |
| 2020 | $1,688 | 2.67% |
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.
Stanton County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Stanton County's effective rate
On effective rate, Stanton County sits nearest Montgomery County (NY), Steuben County (NY), Livingston County (NY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Chattahoochee County (GA), Storey County (NV), Union County (IL).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Stanton County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Stanton County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
Other Counties in Kansas
Stanton County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Stanton County?
- Stanton County, Kansas scores F (37/100) 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 A+ (0.95×). 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 Stanton County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Stanton County is $1,667, an effective rate of 2.46% on a $67,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Stanton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Stanton County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 2.46% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Stanton County?
- Property taxes in Stanton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $71,700 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Stanton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Stanton County held roughly steady, down 1.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,688 to $1,667, 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 to do with Stanton County's PEAK rate
Inside Kansas, Stanton County's $1,667 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Stanton County ranks #1 of 105 Kansas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Kansas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Stanton County's PEAK 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: 2.46%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,667/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Stanton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Stanton County (PEAK · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK MID
Appanoose County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Stanton County at $1,667/yr; rate 1.34% vs Stanton County 2.46%.
Lyon County, NV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,668/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Stanton County 2.46%.
Warren County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,668/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.65% vs Stanton County 2.46%.
Dunn County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,665/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.61% vs Stanton County 2.46%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Stanton County stamps PEAK · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Stanton County (PEAK · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.