Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wichita County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wichita County pays $1,728 a year, an effective rate of 1.74%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,728
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.74%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -13%
- vs U.S. average
- #23 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Wichita County pay a median $1,728 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.74%, more affordable than 5% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,728
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.74%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2968 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -13%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($99,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 2,091. Owner-occupied homes: 643.
The median annual property tax in Wichita County is $1,728, which is 38% lower than the Kansas state average and 13% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.74% on a median home value of $99,300. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Wichita County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Wichita County's 1.74% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 95% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Wichita County pay a median annual property tax of $1,728, notably lower than the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $99,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.74% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Kansas counties by effective rate
Wichita County ranks #23 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Wichita County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $79,063 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wichita 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Wichita County fell 2.2%, from $101,500 to $99,300. The effective rate fell 18.8% over the same span, a steeper move than in 79% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 20.6%, to $1,728. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $2,175 in 2020 to $1,728 in 2024, a fall of 21%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 187 of 643 owner-occupied homes (29.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Wichita County fell from $2,175 to $1,728, a change of -20.6%. 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.
What Wichita County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wichita County homeowners, 187 of 643 owner-occupied homes (29.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 29.1% (187)
- $800 to $1,499 16.5% (106)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.2% (46)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.6% (107)
- $3,000 or more 28.3% (182)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
15 homes here (2.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Wichita County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+106%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Wichita County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wichita County's effective rate is higher than 78% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #23 of 105.
Where Wichita County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.74% more affordable than 5% 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
Wichita County taxes property at 1.74%, about 35% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $1,728 lands roughly 38% 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.
Wichita County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wichita 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 | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Wichita County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Wichita County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $99,300 median home carries a $1,728 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $173 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Wichita County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,728 +19.3% | 1.74% |
| 2023 | $1,449 -22.6% | 1.47% |
| 2022 | $1,872 +9.0% | 1.94% |
| 2021 | $1,717 -21.1% | 1.99% |
| 2020 | $2,175 | 2.14% |
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.
Wichita County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Wichita County's effective rate
On effective rate, Wichita County sits nearest Greene County (IL), Sarpy County (NE), Fisher County (TX).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Smith County (MS), Amite County (MS), Bullock County (AL).
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
Wichita County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 1,060 returns from Wichita County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,067 - 100% 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
Wichita County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Wichita County?
- Wichita County, Kansas scores F (36/100) 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+ (1.26×). 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 Wichita County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Wichita County is $1,728, an effective rate of 1.74% on a $99,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Wichita County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wichita County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.74% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Wichita County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wichita County dropped sharply 20.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,175 to $1,728, 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 Wichita County?
- Property taxes in Wichita County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $79,063 median household income.
What to do with Wichita County's STEEP rate
Inside Kansas, Wichita County's $1,728 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Wichita County ranks #23 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 Wichita 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: 1.74%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,728/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wichita County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wichita County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Franklin County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wichita County at $1,728/yr; rate 0.63% vs Wichita County 1.74%.
Hamilton County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,729/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.49% vs Wichita County 1.74%.
King William County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,729/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Wichita County 1.74%.
Gove County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,730/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.46% vs Wichita County 1.74%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Wichita 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 Wichita County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.