Seward County
Kansas Property Tax Freedom Coalition
Local Chapter
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Property Tax History
In 2024, Seward County levied $41,982,170 in real and personal property tax. In 1985 the figure was $13,919,556. Over those 40 years the total grew 3.0 times over, an average of about 2.9% per year. The change from 2023 to 2024 was -1.5%.
"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 | $13,919,556 | n/a |
| 1986 | $14,491,159 | +4.1% |
| 1987 | $14,651,529 | +1.1% |
| 1988 | $16,395,660 | +11.9% |
| 1989 | $15,825,442 | -3.5% |
| 1990 | $15,923,346 | +0.6% |
| 1991 | $18,074,419 | +13.5% |
| 1992 | $15,157,564 | -16.1% |
| 1993 | $17,040,547 | +12.4% |
| 1994 | $18,098,530 | +6.2% |
| 1995 | $18,493,406 | +2.2% |
| 1996 | $19,300,216 | +4.4% |
| 1997 | $21,382,456 | +10.8% |
| 1998 | $20,737,968 | -3.0% |
| 1999 | $20,303,768 | -2.1% |
| 2000 | $21,266,624 | +4.7% |
| 2001 | $22,960,572 | +8.0% |
| 2002 | $23,634,112 | +2.9% |
| 2003 | $23,315,180 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | $26,502,429 | +13.7% |
| 2005 | $30,081,102 | +13.5% |
| 2006 | $33,293,896 | +10.7% |
| 2007 | $33,118,273 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | $33,530,056 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | $34,659,888 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | $33,034,166 | -4.7% |
| 2011 | $34,742,331 | +5.2% |
| 2012 | $34,680,791 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | $35,407,070 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | $37,076,573 | +4.7% |
| 2015 | $36,704,712 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | $39,015,763 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | $41,275,961 | +5.8% |
| 2018 | $42,562,338 | +3.1% |
| 2019 | $42,381,245 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | $41,283,714 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | $41,608,044 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | $42,215,492 | +1.5% |
| 2023 | $42,604,563 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | $41,982,170 | -1.5% |
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.