Edwards 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/2286007398694463
Property Tax History
In 2024, Edwards County levied $10,420,212 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $3,405,077. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.1 times over, an average of about 2.9% 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 | $3,405,077 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,578,466 | +5.1% |
| 1987 | $3,832,267 | +7.1% |
| 1988 | $3,803,590 | -0.7% |
| 1989 | $3,999,069 | +5.1% |
| 1990 | $4,284,783 | +7.1% |
| 1991 | $4,531,323 | +5.8% |
| 1992 | $3,939,564 | -13.1% |
| 1993 | $4,151,108 | +5.4% |
| 1994 | $4,183,588 | +0.8% |
| 1995 | $4,746,367 | +13.5% |
| 1996 | $4,517,440 | -4.8% |
| 1997 | $4,428,237 | -2.0% |
| 1998 | $3,976,045 | -10.2% |
| 1999 | $4,097,275 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | $4,572,459 | +11.6% |
| 2001 | $4,971,648 | +8.7% |
| 2002 | $5,124,027 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | $5,394,444 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | $5,508,799 | +2.1% |
| 2005 | $5,708,109 | +3.6% |
| 2006 | $5,935,099 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | $6,070,798 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | $6,572,271 | +8.3% |
| 2009 | $6,577,090 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | $6,336,376 | -3.7% |
| 2011 | $6,623,304 | +4.5% |
| 2012 | $6,771,693 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | $7,491,265 | +10.6% |
| 2014 | $7,795,476 | +4.1% |
| 2015 | $8,227,421 | +5.5% |
| 2016 | $8,494,897 | +3.3% |
| 2017 | $8,650,808 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | $8,972,061 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | $9,287,115 | +3.5% |
| 2020 | $9,519,922 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | $9,886,637 | +3.9% |
| 2022 | $10,248,320 | +3.7% |
| 2023 | $10,448,219 | +2.0% |
| 2024 | $10,420,212 | -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.