Property tax in Franklin County, Kansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Franklin County, Kansas is $2,810 a year, which is about 1.41% of the county's median home value of $198,700. 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 Franklin County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Franklin County's average effective rate of 1.41% (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: $2,802 / year

Property tax in Franklin County at a glance

Franklin County, Kansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,810
Median home value	$198,700
Effective tax rate	1.41%
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 Franklin County compare in Kansas?

Among Kansas's 105 counties, Franklin County has the 73rd highest effective property-tax rate: 72 rank higher and 32 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Kansas. Nationally, it ranks 453rd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Kansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Franklin County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Franklin County's 7,518 owner-occupied homes, 45% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 67.3% pay at least $2,000, and 8.3% pay under $800. Another 1.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Franklin County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	627	8.3%
$800 to $1,499	1,064	14.2%
$1,500 to $1,999	652	8.7%
$2,000 to $2,999	1,680	22.3%
$3,000 or more	3,384	45%
No property tax paid	111	1.5%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,889 and owners without one pay $2,692. That is within 10% either way, so in Franklin County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

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

The median property tax bill of $2,810 is about 3.1% of the median income of Franklin County homeowner households, $90,273 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 72.2% of Franklin 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 Franklin County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,984 in 2015-2019 to $2,810 in 2020-2024, a 41.6% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 55.2%, from $128,000 to $198,700. 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 Franklin County

Franklin County borders 7 counties.

Franklin County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Osage County, KS	1.49%	$2,343	$156,800
Franklin County, KS (this county)	1.41%	$2,810	$198,700
Anderson County, KS	1.37%	$2,353	$171,400
Miami County, KS	1.27%	$3,643	$287,700
Douglas County, KS	1.22%	$3,776	$309,400
Linn County, KS	1.16%	$2,007	$173,600
Johnson County, KS	1.14%	$4,447	$391,200
Coffey County, KS	1.09%	$1,717	$157,400

How is a home assessed in Franklin County?

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

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

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

How to appeal your Franklin 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; Franklin 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 Franklin 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.