Riley County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Riley County levied $121,449,798 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $14,729,573. Over those 40 years the total grew 8.2 times over, an average of about 5.6% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +4.1%.
"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 | $14,729,573 | n/a |
| 1986 | $16,453,356 | +11.7% |
| 1987 | $16,979,833 | +3.2% |
| 1988 | $19,738,480 | +16.2% |
| 1989 | $21,072,395 | +6.8% |
| 1990 | $22,173,481 | +5.2% |
| 1991 | $24,350,627 | +9.8% |
| 1992 | $18,373,243 | -24.5% |
| 1993 | $20,477,052 | +11.5% |
| 1994 | $22,941,907 | +12.0% |
| 1995 | $24,764,316 | +7.9% |
| 1996 | $25,522,993 | +3.1% |
| 1997 | $24,875,024 | -2.5% |
| 1998 | $25,322,626 | +1.8% |
| 1999 | $28,218,042 | +11.4% |
| 2000 | $31,544,222 | +11.8% |
| 2001 | $33,445,423 | +6.0% |
| 2002 | $35,967,794 | +7.5% |
| 2003 | $35,998,539 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | $39,018,532 | +8.4% |
| 2005 | $40,681,149 | +4.3% |
| 2006 | $44,829,145 | +10.2% |
| 2007 | $49,577,953 | +10.6% |
| 2008 | $52,059,421 | +5.0% |
| 2009 | $56,365,575 | +8.3% |
| 2010 | $60,071,453 | +6.6% |
| 2011 | $64,089,398 | +6.7% |
| 2012 | $67,120,056 | +4.7% |
| 2013 | $72,700,581 | +8.3% |
| 2014 | $75,032,880 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | $82,064,909 | +9.4% |
| 2016 | $85,692,345 | +4.4% |
| 2017 | $89,076,201 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | $93,522,155 | +5.0% |
| 2019 | $99,776,909 | +6.7% |
| 2020 | $101,957,171 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | $104,546,677 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | $109,596,166 | +4.8% |
| 2023 | $116,686,968 | +6.5% |
| 2024 | $121,449,798 | +4.1% |
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.