Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Woodson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Woodson County pays $1,569 a year, an effective rate of 1.93%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,569
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.93%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -21%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Woodson County pay a median $1,569 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.93%, more affordable than 3% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,569
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.93%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3031 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -21%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($81,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 3,109. Owner-occupied homes: 1,061.
The median annual property tax in Woodson County is $1,569, which is 44% lower than the Kansas state average and 21% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.93% on a median home value of $81,200. Property taxes represent 3.1% of the median household income in this county.
Woodson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Woodson County's 1.93% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 97% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Woodson County pay a median annual property tax of $1,569, notably lower than the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $81,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.93% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Kansas counties by effective rate
Woodson County ranks #10 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (90% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 12.4%, from $1,396 to $1,569. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Woodson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $50,326 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Woodson 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 32% from $1,190 to $1,569. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 302 of 1,061 owner-occupied homes (28.5%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 3.1% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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 Woodson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Woodson County homeowners, 302 of 1,061 owner-occupied homes (28.5%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.5% (175)
- $800 to $1,499 28.5% (302)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.8% (199)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.9% (190)
- $3,000 or more 13.5% (143)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
52 homes here (4.9%) 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 Woodson County pay a substantially higher bill, 56% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Woodson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Woodson County's effective rate is higher than 90% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #10 of 105.
Where Woodson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.93% more affordable than 3% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Woodson County taxes property at 1.93%, about 50% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $1,569 lands roughly 44% 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.
Woodson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Woodson County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.1% | - | - |
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.
Woodson County's PEAK · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Woodson County's published figures (PEAK · MID), a $81,200 median home carries a $1,569 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $157 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Woodson County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,569 +12.4% | 1.93% |
| 2023 | $1,396 +1.8% | 1.81% |
| 2022 | $1,371 +7.4% | 1.61% |
| 2021 | $1,277 +7.3% | 1.76% |
| 2020 | $1,190 | 1.73% |
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.
Woodson County: tax-to-income at 3.1%
Counties near Woodson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Woodson County sits nearest Hunterdon County (NJ), Milwaukee County (WI), Coles County (IL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Alleghany County (NC), Perry County (TN), Thurston 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
IRS county file: no disclosed Woodson County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Woodson 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
Woodson County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Woodson County?
- Woodson County, Kansas scores F (31/100) 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+ (1.61×). 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.
- How does Woodson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Woodson County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.93% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Woodson County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Woodson County is $1,569, an effective rate of 1.93% on a $81,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Woodson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Woodson County is recorded at $1,569 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,190 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,061 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Woodson County?
- Property taxes in Woodson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $50,326 median household income.
What to do with Woodson County's PEAK rate
Inside Kansas, Woodson County's $1,569 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Woodson County ranks #10 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 Woodson 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: 1.93%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,569/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Woodson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Woodson County (PEAK · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK MID
Cherokee County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Woodson County at $1,569/yr; rate 0.99% vs Woodson County 1.93%.
Andrew County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,568/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.73% vs Woodson County 1.93%.
Liberty County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,570/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Woodson County 1.93%.
Calhoun County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,567/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.32% vs Woodson County 1.93%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Woodson 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 Woodson County (PEAK · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.