Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wilson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wilson County pays $1,387 a year, an effective rate of 1.48%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,387
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.48%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -30%
- vs U.S. average
- #59 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Wilson County pay a median $1,387 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.48%, more affordable than 12% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,387
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.48%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2774 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -30%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($93,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 8,505. Owner-occupied homes: 2,734.
The median annual property tax in Wilson County is $1,387, which is 50% lower than the Kansas state average and 30% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.48% on a median home value of $93,500. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Wilson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wilson County's 1.48% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 12%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Wilson County pay a median annual property tax of $1,387, well below the national median and far below the Kansas state median. On a $93,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.48% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Wilson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $60,677 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Kansas counties by effective rate
Wilson County ranks #59 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (44% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wilson 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 held while the market moved
Wilson County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 1.3% down, against a median home value that rose 13.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 12.2%, from $1,236 to $1,387.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,236 to $1,387, a gain of 12%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 752 of 2,734 owner-occupied homes (27.5%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.3% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned 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 Wilson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wilson County homeowners, 752 of 2,734 owner-occupied homes (27.5%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 25.2% (688)
- $800 to $1,499 27.5% (752)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.2% (416)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.7% (348)
- $3,000 or more 17.0% (466)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
64 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 Wilson County pay a substantially higher bill, 30% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Wilson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wilson County's effective rate is higher than 44% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #59 of 105.
Where Wilson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.48% more affordable than 12% 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
Wilson County taxes property at 1.48%, about 15% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $1,387 lands roughly 50% 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.
Wilson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wilson County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High 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.
Wilson County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Wilson County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $93,500 median home carries a $1,387 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $139 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Wilson County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,387 +7.2% | 1.48% |
| 2023 | $1,294 +0.7% | 1.38% |
| 2022 | $1,285 -4.0% | 1.40% |
| 2021 | $1,338 +8.3% | 1.62% |
| 2020 | $1,236 | 1.50% |
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.
Wilson County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Wilson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Wilson County sits nearest Madison County (IA), Scotts Bluff County (NE), Deaf Smith County (TX).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Warren County (IL), Montgomery County (NC), Yuma County (CO).
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
Wilson County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 3,680 returns from Wilson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,738 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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
Wilson County rate FAQs
- How does Wilson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wilson County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.48% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Wilson County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Wilson County is $1,387, an effective rate of 1.48% on a $93,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Wilson County?
- Wilson County, Kansas scores D (46/100) 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+ (1.54×). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wilson County?
- Property taxes in Wilson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $60,677 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Wilson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wilson County climbed 12.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,236 to $1,387, 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 Wilson County's STEEP rate
Wilson County's $1,387 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Wilson County ranks #59 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 Wilson 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: 1.48%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,387/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wilson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wilson County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Bristol city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wilson County at $1,387/yr; rate 0.75% vs Wilson County 1.48%.
Houston County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wilson County at $1,387/yr; rate 0.84% vs Wilson County 1.48%.
Osceola County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wilson County at $1,387/yr; rate 1.13% vs Wilson County 1.48%.
Van Wert County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wilson County at $1,387/yr; rate 0.91% vs Wilson County 1.48%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Wilson County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - 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 Wilson County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.