Bourbon County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
This county has a Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition Facebook group going, but no local chapter lead yet. If you live here and want to step up, we'll help you get started.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1519490653100292
Property Tax History
In 2024, Bourbon County levied $22,260,964 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $6,273,768. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.5 times over, an average of about 3.3% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +4.6%.
"Property tax levied" is the total real and personal property tax billed countywide that year — not what any one homeowner paid, not adjusted for inflation or population, and it excludes motor vehicle property tax (taxed separately under K.S.A. 79-5100). A large single-year jump usually means a major new taxable property came onto the rolls. See How Property Tax Works for how an individual bill is calculated.
| Tax year | Property tax levied | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | $6,273,768 | n/a |
| 1986 | $6,833,902 | +8.9% |
| 1987 | $6,829,521 | -0.1% |
| 1988 | $7,124,381 | +4.3% |
| 1989 | $7,194,164 | +1.0% |
| 1990 | $7,154,172 | -0.6% |
| 1991 | $7,844,018 | +9.6% |
| 1992 | $6,603,064 | -15.8% |
| 1993 | $6,853,999 | +3.8% |
| 1994 | $7,067,432 | +3.1% |
| 1995 | $7,331,929 | +3.7% |
| 1996 | $7,665,435 | +4.5% |
| 1997 | $7,532,926 | -1.7% |
| 1998 | $7,305,297 | -3.0% |
| 1999 | $8,153,393 | +11.6% |
| 2000 | $8,734,089 | +7.1% |
| 2001 | $9,661,742 | +10.6% |
| 2002 | $10,347,768 | +7.1% |
| 2003 | $10,969,680 | +6.0% |
| 2004 | $11,174,869 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | $11,774,333 | +5.4% |
| 2006 | $12,491,989 | +6.1% |
| 2007 | $13,409,307 | +7.3% |
| 2008 | $13,806,089 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | $13,841,740 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | $14,125,668 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | $15,004,146 | +6.2% |
| 2012 | $15,084,425 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | $15,527,824 | +2.9% |
| 2014 | $15,535,134 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | $16,887,774 | +8.7% |
| 2016 | $17,660,259 | +4.6% |
| 2017 | $18,109,919 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | $18,661,645 | +3.0% |
| 2019 | $19,294,812 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | $19,628,242 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | $20,092,404 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | $20,018,419 | -0.4% |
| 2023 | $21,278,227 | +6.3% |
| 2024 | $22,260,964 | +4.6% |
What's Not Here Yet
Mill levies, appraised and assessed value, and delinquency/foreclosure records are still to come — those take county-by-county research and will be added with sources as they're confirmed. Tax years 1985–2013 come from a KDOR report no longer on the state's website (recovered from the Internet Archive); 2014–2024 from the reports still published, with overlapping years cross-checked between them.
Sources: Kansas Department of Revenue annual reports, 1985–2024. See Sources for full citations.