Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wyandotte County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wyandotte County pays $2,509 a year, an effective rate of 1.46%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,509
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.46%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +26%
- vs U.S. average
- #68 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Wyandotte County pay a median $2,509 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.46%, more affordable than 12% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,509
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.46%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2750 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($172,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 167,654. Owner-occupied homes: 38,150.
The median annual property tax in Wyandotte County is $2,509, which is 10% lower than the Kansas state average and 26% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.46% on a median home value of $172,300. Property taxes represent 3.9% of the median household income in this county.
Wyandotte County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wyandotte County's 1.46% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 12%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Wyandotte County pay a median annual property tax of $2,509, well above the national median and notably lower than the Kansas state median. On a $172,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.46% 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 Wyandotte County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $63,631 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Kansas counties by effective rate
Wyandotte County ranks #68 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (35% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wyandotte 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Wyandotte County's effective rate fell 13.2% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 61.0%, leaving the median bill 39.7% higher at $2,509. That rate move is larger than the one in 55% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 40% from $1,796 to $2,509. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 14,389 of 38,150 owner-occupied homes (37.7%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 3.9% 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 Wyandotte County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wyandotte County homeowners, 14,389 of 38,150 owner-occupied homes (37.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 10.6% (4,062)
- $800 to $1,499 15.0% (5,707)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.7% (4,466)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.3% (8,121)
- $3,000 or more 37.7% (14,389)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,405 homes here (3.7%) 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 Wyandotte County pay a substantially higher bill, 35% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Wyandotte County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wyandotte County's effective rate is higher than 35% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #68 of 105.
Where Wyandotte County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.46% 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
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Wyandotte County moved from $1,796 in the 2020 release to $2,509 in 2024, a change of about 40%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Wyandotte County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wyandotte County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.9% | - | - |
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.
Wyandotte County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Wyandotte County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $172,300 median home carries a $2,509 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $251 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Wyandotte County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,509 +12.0% | 1.46% |
| 2023 | $2,240 +3.8% | 1.47% |
| 2022 | $2,159 +14.1% | 1.54% |
| 2021 | $1,893 +5.4% | 1.62% |
| 2020 | $1,796 | 1.68% |
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.
Wyandotte County: tax-to-income at 3.9%
Counties near Wyandotte County's effective rate
On effective rate, Wyandotte County sits nearest Baltimore city (MD), Jefferson County (NE), Nassau County (NY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Clarke County (GA), Caldwell County (TX), Brule County (SD).
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
Wyandotte County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,320 of 72,300 returns from Wyandotte County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,809 - 32% 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
Wyandotte County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Wyandotte County?
- Wyandotte County, Kansas scores F (22/100) 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 C+ (2.71×). 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 Wyandotte County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Wyandotte County is $2,509, an effective rate of 1.46% on a $172,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Wyandotte County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wyandotte County jumped 39.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,796 to $2,509, 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.
- How does Wyandotte County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wyandotte County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.46% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wyandotte County?
- Property taxes in Wyandotte County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $63,631 median household income.
What to do with Wyandotte County's STEEP rate
Wyandotte County's $2,509 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Wyandotte County ranks #68 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 Wyandotte 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: 1.46%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,509/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wyandotte County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wyandotte County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Andrews County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wyandotte County at $2,509/yr; rate 1.28% vs Wyandotte County 1.46%.
Isle of Wight County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,510/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.70% vs Wyandotte County 1.46%.
Montour County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,507/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.01% vs Wyandotte County 1.46%.
Davidson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,506/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.60% vs Wyandotte County 1.46%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.