Rush County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Rush County levied $10,041,286 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $4,160,705. Over those 40 years the total grew 2.4 times over, an average of about 2.3% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was +7.0%.
"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 | $4,160,705 | n/a |
| 1986 | $3,919,042 | -5.8% |
| 1987 | $3,778,769 | -3.6% |
| 1988 | $4,066,684 | +7.6% |
| 1989 | $3,586,321 | -11.8% |
| 1990 | $3,821,627 | +6.6% |
| 1991 | $4,051,780 | +6.0% |
| 1992 | $3,772,088 | -6.9% |
| 1993 | $4,096,262 | +8.6% |
| 1994 | $4,147,031 | +1.2% |
| 1995 | $4,469,879 | +7.8% |
| 1996 | $4,324,299 | -3.3% |
| 1997 | $4,244,926 | -1.8% |
| 1998 | $3,870,857 | -8.8% |
| 1999 | $3,960,807 | +2.3% |
| 2000 | $4,719,213 | +19.1% |
| 2001 | $4,552,990 | -3.5% |
| 2002 | $4,539,482 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | $4,790,759 | +5.5% |
| 2004 | $4,869,068 | +1.6% |
| 2005 | $5,280,618 | +8.5% |
| 2006 | $5,523,736 | +4.6% |
| 2007 | $5,702,109 | +3.2% |
| 2008 | $5,878,770 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | $5,717,054 | -2.8% |
| 2010 | $5,938,255 | +3.9% |
| 2011 | $6,686,561 | +12.6% |
| 2012 | $7,559,068 | +13.0% |
| 2013 | $7,406,749 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | $8,096,373 | +9.3% |
| 2015 | $7,887,057 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | $8,068,333 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | $8,725,101 | +8.1% |
| 2018 | $9,108,370 | +4.4% |
| 2019 | $9,273,712 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | $9,066,816 | -2.2% |
| 2021 | $8,914,172 | -1.7% |
| 2022 | $9,146,142 | +2.6% |
| 2023 | $9,384,422 | +2.6% |
| 2024 | $10,041,286 | +7.0% |
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.