Butler 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/1530790672124964
Property Tax History
In 2024, Butler County levied $152,463,595 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $21,499,078. Over those 40 years the total grew 7.1 times over, an average of about 5.2% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +4.9%.
"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 | $21,499,078 | n/a |
| 1986 | $21,539,131 | +0.2% |
| 1987 | $23,096,090 | +7.2% |
| 1988 | $25,259,110 | +9.4% |
| 1989 | $26,781,278 | +6.0% |
| 1990 | $27,195,052 | +1.5% |
| 1991 | $30,190,670 | +11.0% |
| 1992 | $24,705,338 | -18.2% |
| 1993 | $28,179,697 | +14.1% |
| 1994 | $30,875,100 | +9.6% |
| 1995 | $33,288,708 | +7.8% |
| 1996 | $34,220,633 | +2.8% |
| 1997 | $33,618,647 | -1.8% |
| 1998 | $33,542,423 | -0.2% |
| 1999 | $38,366,413 | +14.4% |
| 2000 | $43,076,417 | +12.3% |
| 2001 | $47,652,757 | +10.6% |
| 2002 | $50,115,396 | +5.2% |
| 2003 | $52,401,565 | +4.6% |
| 2004 | $56,107,146 | +7.1% |
| 2005 | $60,548,035 | +7.9% |
| 2006 | $65,068,063 | +7.5% |
| 2007 | $79,382,164 | +22.0% |
| 2008 | $85,026,982 | +7.1% |
| 2009 | $91,605,385 | +7.7% |
| 2010 | $87,924,277 | -4.0% |
| 2011 | $90,721,119 | +3.2% |
| 2012 | $93,411,235 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | $94,730,495 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | $94,304,003 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | $97,489,919 | +3.4% |
| 2016 | $102,568,692 | +5.2% |
| 2017 | $108,159,121 | +5.5% |
| 2018 | $113,855,975 | +5.3% |
| 2019 | $118,613,315 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | $121,505,873 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | $125,119,779 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | $134,395,970 | +7.4% |
| 2023 | $145,367,363 | +8.2% |
| 2024 | $152,463,595 | +4.9% |
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.