Chautauqua 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/3356349271218002
Property Tax History
In 2024, Chautauqua County levied $6,104,870 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $2,534,298. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.4 times over, an average of about 2.3% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +0.7%.
"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 | $2,534,298 | n/a |
| 1986 | $2,217,792 | -12.5% |
| 1987 | $2,319,334 | +4.6% |
| 1988 | $2,350,554 | +1.3% |
| 1989 | $2,305,091 | -1.9% |
| 1990 | $2,476,289 | +7.4% |
| 1991 | $2,703,765 | +9.2% |
| 1992 | $2,486,642 | -8.0% |
| 1993 | $2,733,344 | +9.9% |
| 1994 | $2,618,492 | -4.2% |
| 1995 | $2,649,480 | +1.2% |
| 1996 | $2,676,047 | +1.0% |
| 1997 | $2,481,297 | -7.3% |
| 1998 | $2,251,596 | -9.3% |
| 1999 | $2,311,587 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | $2,529,589 | +9.4% |
| 2001 | $2,836,945 | +12.2% |
| 2002 | $2,934,857 | +3.5% |
| 2003 | $2,993,585 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | $3,202,061 | +7.0% |
| 2005 | $3,450,725 | +7.8% |
| 2006 | $3,857,518 | +11.8% |
| 2007 | $3,966,335 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | $4,395,186 | +10.8% |
| 2009 | $4,716,091 | +7.3% |
| 2010 | $5,037,897 | +6.8% |
| 2011 | $5,101,957 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | $5,526,691 | +8.3% |
| 2013 | $6,108,383 | +10.5% |
| 2014 | $5,856,389 | -4.1% |
| 2015 | $5,530,166 | -5.6% |
| 2016 | $5,760,826 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | $6,034,557 | +4.8% |
| 2018 | $6,080,355 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | $5,799,396 | -4.6% |
| 2020 | $5,750,788 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | $5,802,498 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | $5,950,656 | +2.6% |
| 2023 | $6,062,828 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | $6,104,870 | +0.7% |
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.