Property tax in Bourbon County, Kansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Bourbon County, Kansas is $1,789 a year, which is about 1.57% of the county's median home value of $113,800. That effective rate is higher 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 Bourbon County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Bourbon County's average effective rate of 1.57% (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: $1,787 / year

Property tax in Bourbon County at a glance

Bourbon County, Kansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$1,789
Median home value	$113,800
Effective tax rate	1.57%
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 Bourbon County compare in Kansas?

Among Kansas's 105 counties, Bourbon County has the 45th highest effective property-tax rate: 44 rank higher and 60 rank lower. That is near the middle for Kansas. Nationally, it ranks 285th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Kansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Bourbon County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Bourbon County's 4,324 owner-occupied homes, 20.4% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 41.4% pay at least $2,000, and 18.6% pay under $800. Another 6.6% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Bourbon County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	806	18.6%
$800 to $1,499	902	20.9%
$1,500 to $1,999	540	12.5%
$2,000 to $2,999	908	21%
$3,000 or more	884	20.4%
No property tax paid	284	6.6%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,975 and owners without one pay $1,617. 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 Bourbon County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,789 is about 2.3% of the median income of Bourbon County homeowner households, $77,639 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 74% of Bourbon 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 Bourbon County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,425 in 2015-2019 to $1,789 in 2020-2024, a 25.5% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 37.6%, from $82,700 to $113,800. 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 Bourbon County

Bourbon County borders 6 counties, 1 of them across the state line.

Bourbon County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Allen County, KS	1.67%	$1,796	$107,600
Bourbon County, KS (this county)	1.57%	$1,789	$113,800
Neosho County, KS	1.47%	$1,637	$111,300
Anderson County, KS	1.37%	$2,353	$171,400
Linn County, KS	1.16%	$2,007	$173,600
Crawford County, KS	1.06%	$1,406	$132,600
Vernon County, MO	0.67%	$1,067	$158,800

How is a home assessed in Bourbon County?

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

Is there a homestead exemption in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County. Kansas's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Bourbon 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. Bourbon County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Bourbon 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; Bourbon 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 Bourbon 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.