Elk County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Elk County levied $6,203,770 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $2,435,128. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.5 times over, an average of about 2.4% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +0.1%.
"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 | $2,435,128 | n/a |
| 1986 | $2,238,971 | -8.1% |
| 1987 | $2,440,432 | +9.0% |
| 1988 | $2,453,074 | +0.5% |
| 1989 | $2,255,432 | -8.1% |
| 1990 | $2,095,989 | -7.1% |
| 1991 | $2,385,183 | +13.8% |
| 1992 | $2,201,509 | -7.7% |
| 1993 | $2,331,836 | +5.9% |
| 1994 | $2,367,047 | +1.5% |
| 1995 | $2,463,493 | +4.1% |
| 1996 | $2,547,218 | +3.4% |
| 1997 | $2,214,130 | -13.1% |
| 1998 | $2,123,191 | -4.1% |
| 1999 | $2,389,281 | +12.5% |
| 2000 | $2,676,848 | +12.0% |
| 2001 | $2,647,448 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | $2,761,793 | +4.3% |
| 2003 | $3,130,142 | +13.3% |
| 2004 | $3,373,933 | +7.8% |
| 2005 | $3,445,857 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | $3,636,027 | +5.5% |
| 2007 | $3,663,501 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | $4,183,626 | +14.2% |
| 2009 | $4,117,134 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | $4,033,773 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | $3,956,761 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | $4,151,389 | +4.9% |
| 2013 | $4,234,842 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | $4,118,762 | -2.7% |
| 2015 | $4,555,489 | +10.6% |
| 2016 | $4,610,998 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | $4,994,295 | +8.3% |
| 2018 | $5,020,189 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | $5,285,374 | +5.3% |
| 2020 | $5,252,843 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | $5,316,013 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | $5,782,092 | +8.8% |
| 2023 | $6,196,738 | +7.2% |
| 2024 | $6,203,770 | +0.1% |
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.