Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Trego County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Trego County pays $1,753 a year, an effective rate of 1.45%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,753
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.45%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -12%
- vs U.S. average
- #71 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Trego County pay a median $1,753 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.45%, more affordable than 13% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,753
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2737 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -12%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($120,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 2,777. Owner-occupied homes: 1,124.
The median annual property tax in Trego County is $1,753, which is 37% lower than the Kansas state average and 12% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.45% on a median home value of $120,900. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Trego County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Trego County's 1.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 13%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Trego County pay a median annual property tax of $1,753, notably lower than the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $120,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Kansas counties by effective rate
Trego County ranks #71 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (32% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Trego County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $81,528 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Trego 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 10.7% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 57% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 16.7%, the median bill rose 4.2% to $1,753: 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,683 to $1,753, a change of 4%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 282 of 1,124 owner-occupied homes (25.1%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 2.2% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Trego County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Trego County homeowners, 282 of 1,124 owner-occupied homes (25.1%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.3% (183)
- $800 to $1,499 25.1% (282)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.5% (185)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.6% (254)
- $3,000 or more 19.0% (213)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Trego County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+90%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Trego County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Trego County's effective rate is higher than 32% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #71 of 105.
Where Trego County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.45% more affordable than 13% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Trego County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Trego County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Trego County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Trego County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $120,900 median home carries a $1,753 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $175 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Trego County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,753 +4.3% | 1.45% |
| 2023 | $1,680 -2.4% | 1.46% |
| 2022 | $1,722 -2.0% | 1.50% |
| 2021 | $1,757 +4.4% | 1.65% |
| 2020 | $1,683 | 1.62% |
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.
Trego County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Trego County's effective rate
On effective rate, Trego County sits nearest Woodbury County (IA), Cerro Gordo County (IA), Fayette County (IL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Suffolk County (NY), Searcy County (AR), Sioux County (NE).
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
Trego County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 1,460 returns from Trego County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,300 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k 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
Trego County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Trego County?
- Trego County, Kansas scores F (39/100) 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+ (1.48×). 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 Trego County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Trego County is $1,753, an effective rate of 1.45% on a $120,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Trego County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Trego County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Trego County?
- Property taxes in Trego County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $81,528 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Trego County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Trego County ticked up 4.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,683 to $1,753, 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 Trego County's STEEP rate
Inside Kansas, Trego County's $1,753 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Trego County ranks #71 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 Trego County's STEEP 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: 1.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,753/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Trego County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Trego County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Klamath County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,752/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Trego County 1.45%.
Montgomery County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,754/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.72% vs Trego County 1.45%.
Huron County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,751/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.05% vs Trego County 1.45%.
Louisa County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,751/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.17% vs Trego County 1.45%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Trego County stamps STEEP · 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 Trego County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.