Montgomery County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Montgomery County levied $60,342,158 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $15,874,206. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.8 times over, an average of about 3.5% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -0.3%.
"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 | $15,874,206 | n/a |
| 1986 | $16,940,828 | +6.7% |
| 1987 | $17,765,706 | +4.9% |
| 1988 | $19,038,056 | +7.2% |
| 1989 | $20,112,345 | +5.6% |
| 1990 | $21,024,724 | +4.5% |
| 1991 | $23,015,861 | +9.5% |
| 1992 | $19,145,430 | -16.8% |
| 1993 | $19,456,518 | +1.6% |
| 1994 | $20,426,174 | +5.0% |
| 1995 | $21,252,394 | +4.0% |
| 1996 | $22,394,397 | +5.4% |
| 1997 | $22,128,890 | -1.2% |
| 1998 | $23,046,191 | +4.1% |
| 1999 | $24,293,883 | +5.4% |
| 2000 | $26,604,707 | +9.5% |
| 2001 | $28,237,316 | +6.1% |
| 2002 | $28,443,459 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | $28,394,722 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | $29,346,281 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | $29,676,529 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | $31,012,538 | +4.5% |
| 2007 | $43,495,419 | +40.3% |
| 2008 | $62,989,657 | +44.8% |
| 2009 | $54,495,338 | -13.5% |
| 2010 | $55,623,696 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | $54,904,860 | -1.3% |
| 2012 | $54,055,339 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | $43,513,067 | -19.5% |
| 2014 | $43,374,082 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | $47,677,654 | +9.9% |
| 2016 | $53,330,214 | +11.9% |
| 2017 | $53,089,784 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | $53,859,237 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | $54,801,254 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | $53,919,646 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | $55,018,090 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | $57,097,118 | +3.8% |
| 2023 | $60,522,039 | +6.0% |
| 2024 | $60,342,158 | -0.3% |
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.