Ellsworth County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Ellsworth County levied $16,924,510 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $5,063,498. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.3 times over, an average of about 3.1% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +5.6%.
"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 | $5,063,498 | n/a |
| 1986 | $4,933,118 | -2.6% |
| 1987 | $5,256,634 | +6.6% |
| 1988 | $5,780,389 | +10.0% |
| 1989 | $5,297,913 | -8.3% |
| 1990 | $5,350,743 | +1.0% |
| 1991 | $5,666,796 | +5.9% |
| 1992 | $5,521,876 | -2.6% |
| 1993 | $6,050,775 | +9.6% |
| 1994 | $6,222,849 | +2.8% |
| 1995 | $6,577,938 | +5.7% |
| 1996 | $6,679,978 | +1.6% |
| 1997 | $6,973,754 | +4.4% |
| 1998 | $6,840,724 | -1.9% |
| 1999 | $7,307,717 | +6.8% |
| 2000 | $7,178,198 | -1.8% |
| 2001 | $7,081,314 | -1.3% |
| 2002 | $6,894,148 | -2.6% |
| 2003 | $7,289,982 | +5.7% |
| 2004 | $7,580,816 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | $8,068,323 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | $8,367,562 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | $8,878,214 | +6.1% |
| 2008 | $8,994,772 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | $9,129,016 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | $9,314,883 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | $9,482,768 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | $10,022,707 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | $10,683,102 | +6.6% |
| 2014 | $11,343,575 | +6.2% |
| 2015 | $12,618,651 | +11.2% |
| 2016 | $12,720,656 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | $13,067,310 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | $13,815,480 | +5.7% |
| 2019 | $14,100,254 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | $14,333,403 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | $14,685,743 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | $15,728,984 | +7.1% |
| 2023 | $16,030,698 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | $16,924,510 | +5.6% |
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.