Property Tax Calculator
Estimate your yearly property tax from your home value and county, or work it out exactly from the mill levy on your tax bill.
A fast ballpark from your home value and your county's typical rate.
Seniors, veterans, people with a disability and lower-income households can often get part of their property tax back.
Seniors may qualify for income-based property tax refunds.
Disabled veterans and homeowners with a disability may qualify for a refund.
$2,849
at the Sedgwick County typical rate
$237
what escrow usually collects
1.14%
of the home value
How your area compares
Tax on a $250,000 home
- Sedgwick County$2,8491.14%
- Kansas average$3,1241.25%
- U.S. average$2,2260.89%
How property tax works
- It's a local tax. Counties, cities and school districts charge it every year on land and buildings, and use it to pay for schools, police, roads and other public services. There's no federal property tax.
- Your county values the property. The assessor sets an appraised (market) value. Many states then tax only a share of it, called the assessment rate. In Kansas that's 11.5% for homes, 25% for commercial property and 30% of farmland's use value (what it can produce, not its sale price).
- Local governments set the rate in mills. A mill is $1 for every $1,000 of assessed value, and your bill adds up the levies of every district you live in. The formula is taxable value times the tax rate.
- Kansas exempts part of a home from the school levy. Every Kansas bill includes a 20-mill statewide levy for schools, but the first $75,000 of a home's appraised value is exempt from it.
- The quick estimate uses a typical rate. Homeowners in Sedgwick County pay a typical $2,554 a year on a typical home worth $224,100, about 1.14% of its value. Applied to your $250,000, that's $2,849. Your real bill depends on your exact district, exemptions, and when the home was last reassessed.
- Most people pay through escrow. If you have a mortgage, your lender likely collects about a twelfth of the bill with each payment and pays the county for you.
County and state rates are median property taxes paid divided by median home values for owner-occupied homes (averages for the few high-tax counties where the Census caps the median at $10,000), from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey: 2024 for states and larger counties, 2020–2024 for smaller counties. Kansas rules follow K.S.A. 79-201x and the Kansas Department of Revenue's 2025 refund guides.
This is an estimate for the 2026 tax year, not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures are simplified and don't include every credit or deduction. Talk to a tax professional before making decisions.