Ellis County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Ellis County levied $59,611,518 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $15,837,255. 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 +4.3%.
"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 | $15,837,255 | n/a |
| 1986 | $14,384,671 | -9.2% |
| 1987 | $15,674,625 | +9.0% |
| 1988 | $15,432,617 | -1.5% |
| 1989 | $14,798,882 | -4.1% |
| 1990 | $16,148,625 | +9.1% |
| 1991 | $18,843,617 | +16.7% |
| 1992 | $14,782,818 | -21.5% |
| 1993 | $15,311,316 | +3.6% |
| 1994 | $16,448,201 | +7.4% |
| 1995 | $17,716,773 | +7.7% |
| 1996 | $17,944,608 | +1.3% |
| 1997 | $18,189,035 | +1.4% |
| 1998 | $17,837,808 | -1.9% |
| 1999 | $18,306,472 | +2.6% |
| 2000 | $19,636,717 | +7.3% |
| 2001 | $23,046,251 | +17.4% |
| 2002 | $23,680,774 | +2.8% |
| 2003 | $25,349,556 | +7.0% |
| 2004 | $26,918,386 | +6.2% |
| 2005 | $28,838,276 | +7.1% |
| 2006 | $32,312,322 | +12.0% |
| 2007 | $34,469,298 | +6.7% |
| 2008 | $37,977,569 | +10.2% |
| 2009 | $36,274,330 | -4.5% |
| 2010 | $38,408,641 | +5.9% |
| 2011 | $39,291,961 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | $41,232,206 | +4.9% |
| 2013 | $43,816,216 | +6.3% |
| 2014 | $43,751,050 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | $40,007,261 | -8.6% |
| 2016 | $38,786,149 | -3.1% |
| 2017 | $41,460,072 | +6.9% |
| 2018 | $41,800,091 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | $42,136,832 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | $40,746,010 | -3.3% |
| 2021 | $42,550,701 | +4.4% |
| 2022 | $51,997,184 | +22.2% |
| 2023 | $57,146,217 | +9.9% |
| 2024 | $59,611,518 | +4.3% |
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.