Linn County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
Chapter Lead: Sherry Ratcliffe
Email: saddlecreekstorage@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1012676028040237
Property Tax History
In 2024, Linn County levied $35,386,556 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $7,676,394. Over those 40 years the total grew 4.6 times over, an average of about 4.0% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +2.0%.
"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 | $7,676,394 | n/a |
| 1986 | $7,193,066 | -6.3% |
| 1987 | $8,048,288 | +11.9% |
| 1988 | $8,515,603 | +5.8% |
| 1989 | $8,514,565 | -0.0% |
| 1990 | $9,077,693 | +6.6% |
| 1991 | $10,116,501 | +11.4% |
| 1992 | $10,121,528 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | $10,820,728 | +6.9% |
| 1994 | $11,305,283 | +4.5% |
| 1995 | $12,705,578 | +12.4% |
| 1996 | $12,643,246 | -0.5% |
| 1997 | $11,794,762 | -6.7% |
| 1998 | $10,936,031 | -7.3% |
| 1999 | $12,397,588 | +13.4% |
| 2000 | $12,573,080 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | $12,975,781 | +3.2% |
| 2002 | $13,545,273 | +4.4% |
| 2003 | $13,991,646 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | $14,292,441 | +2.1% |
| 2005 | $15,114,701 | +5.8% |
| 2006 | $16,439,400 | +8.8% |
| 2007 | $17,291,697 | +5.2% |
| 2008 | $18,156,498 | +5.0% |
| 2009 | $18,071,827 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | $18,826,202 | +4.2% |
| 2011 | $19,989,352 | +6.2% |
| 2012 | $21,633,525 | +8.2% |
| 2013 | $21,848,720 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | $22,639,945 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | $26,991,389 | +19.2% |
| 2016 | $27,492,936 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | $28,957,811 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | $30,437,045 | +5.1% |
| 2019 | $30,698,005 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | $31,672,157 | +3.2% |
| 2021 | $32,232,750 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | $33,739,272 | +4.7% |
| 2023 | $34,682,603 | +2.8% |
| 2024 | $35,386,556 | +2.0% |
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.