Property tax in Nemaha County, Kansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Nemaha County, Kansas is $2,080 a year, which is about 0.96% of the county's median home value of $217,200. 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 Nemaha County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Nemaha County's average effective rate of 0.96% (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: $2,085 / year

Property tax in Nemaha County at a glance

Nemaha County, Kansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,080
Median home value	$217,200
Effective tax rate	0.96%
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 Nemaha County compare in Kansas?

Among Kansas's 105 counties, Nemaha County has the 105th highest effective property-tax rate. That places it among the least taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1218th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Kansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Nemaha County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Nemaha County's 3,144 owner-occupied homes, 29.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 50.7% pay at least $2,000, and 17.5% 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 Nemaha County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	551	17.5%
$800 to $1,499	729	23.2%
$1,500 to $1,999	209	6.6%
$2,000 to $2,999	663	21.1%
$3,000 or more	932	29.6%
No property tax paid	60	1.9%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,466 and owners without one pay $1,493. 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 Nemaha County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,080 is about 2.3% of the median income of Nemaha County homeowner households, $89,128 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 78% of Nemaha 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 Nemaha County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,627 in 2015-2019 to $2,080 in 2020-2024, a 27.8% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 66.4%, from $130,500 to $217,200. 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 Nemaha County

Nemaha County borders 6 counties, 2 of them across the state line.

Nemaha County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Pawnee County, NE	1.52%	$1,206	$79,400
Richardson County, NE	1.43%	$1,432	$100,300
Brown County, KS	1.24%	$1,461	$118,100
Marshall County, KS	1.23%	$1,574	$127,700
Jackson County, KS	1.14%	$2,363	$207,300
Pottawatomie County, KS	1.14%	$2,792	$245,900
Nemaha County, KS (this county)	0.96%	$2,080	$217,200

How is a home assessed in Nemaha County?

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

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

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

How to appeal your Nemaha 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; Nemaha 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 Nemaha 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.