Property tax in Anderson County, Kansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Anderson County, Kansas is $2,353 a year, which is about 1.37% of the county's median home value of $171,400. That effective rate is lower than the typical Kansas county (1.51%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Anderson County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Anderson County's average effective rate of 1.37% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $2,348 / year

Property tax in Anderson County at a glance

Anderson County, Kansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,353
Median home value	$171,400
Effective tax rate	1.37%
Typical Kansas county rate	1.51%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Anderson County compare in Kansas?

Among Kansas's 105 counties, Anderson County has the 75th highest effective property-tax rate: 74 rank higher and 30 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Kansas. Nationally, it ranks 495th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Kansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Anderson County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Anderson County's 2,531 owner-occupied homes, 36.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 55.8% pay at least $2,000, and 12.2% pay under $800. Another 1.9% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Anderson County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	308	12.2%
$800 to $1,499	372	14.7%
$1,500 to $1,999	390	15.4%
$2,000 to $2,999	486	19.2%
$3,000 or more	927	36.6%
No property tax paid	48	1.9%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,801 and owners without one pay $2,131. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Anderson County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,353 is about 3% of the median income of Anderson County homeowner households, $79,121 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 78.9% of Anderson County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Anderson County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,818 in 2015-2019 to $2,353 in 2020-2024, a 29.4% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 79.1%, from $95,700 to $171,400. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Anderson County

Anderson County borders 7 counties.

Anderson County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Woodson County, KS	1.93%	$1,569	$81,200
Allen County, KS	1.67%	$1,796	$107,600
Bourbon County, KS	1.57%	$1,789	$113,800
Franklin County, KS	1.41%	$2,810	$198,700
Anderson County, KS (this county)	1.37%	$2,353	$171,400
Miami County, KS	1.27%	$3,643	$287,700
Linn County, KS	1.16%	$2,007	$173,600
Coffey County, KS	1.09%	$1,717	$157,400

How is a home assessed in Anderson County?

Kansas assesses homes at 11.5% of market value in every county, Anderson County included. How Kansas assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Anderson County?

Only against one levy. Kansas exempts the first $75,000 of appraised value from the 20 mill statewide school levy, worth roughly $173 a year at most, applied automatically. That is the Kansas rule, and it applies in Anderson County. Kansas's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Anderson County?

County treasurers mail statements from November through December 15. You can pay the full year by December 20, or split it and pay half by December 20 and the rest by May 10. If the bill is $10 or less the whole amount is due December 20. When a due date lands on a weekend it moves to the treasurer's next business day.

Kansas splits the bill into 2 installments. That is the Kansas rule. Anderson County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Anderson County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the county appraiser (informal meeting), then the Board of Tax Appeals Small Claims Division, then the full Board of Tax Appeals. The filing deadline is typically 30 days after the county mails your valuation notice. That is the Kansas rule; Anderson County sets the exact dates and forms. The Kansas appeal process step by step.

Kansas rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Kansas page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Anderson County, Kansas: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.