Property tax in Marion County, Kansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Marion County, Kansas is $2,006 a year, which is about 1.62% of the county's median home value of $124,200. 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 Marion County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Marion County's average effective rate of 1.62% (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: $2,012 / year

Property tax in Marion County at a glance

Marion County, Kansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,006
Median home value	$124,200
Effective tax rate	1.62%
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 Marion County compare in Kansas?

Among Kansas's 105 counties, Marion County has the 40th highest effective property-tax rate: 39 rank higher and 65 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Kansas. Nationally, it ranks 244th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Kansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Marion County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Marion County's 3,862 owner-occupied homes, 26.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 48.9% pay at least $2,000, and 14.4% pay under $800. Another 2.3% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Marion County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	556	14.4%
$800 to $1,499	858	22.2%
$1,500 to $1,999	467	12.1%
$2,000 to $2,999	862	22.3%
$3,000 or more	1,029	26.6%
No property tax paid	90	2.3%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,164 and owners without one pay $1,878. 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 Marion County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,006 is about 2.8% of the median income of Marion County homeowner households, $70,533 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 81.3% of Marion 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 Marion County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,646 in 2015-2019 to $2,006 in 2020-2024, a 21.9% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 36.8%, from $90,800 to $124,200. 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 Marion County

Marion County borders 7 counties.

Marion County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Marion County, KS (this county)	1.62%	$2,006	$124,200
Harvey County, KS	1.51%	$2,715	$180,300
Dickinson County, KS	1.47%	$2,154	$146,800
Butler County, KS	1.46%	$3,177	$217,600
Morris County, KS	1.46%	$1,898	$129,600
Chase County, KS	1.37%	$1,500	$109,700
McPherson County, KS	1.37%	$2,901	$211,200
Saline County, KS	1.31%	$2,345	$179,600

How is a home assessed in Marion County?

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

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

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

How to appeal your Marion 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; Marion 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 Marion 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.