Property Tax & Income in Chautauqua County, Kansas
Chautauqua County has an effective property tax rate of 1.51%. On the median home value of $65,500, that's roughly $991 per year. Median household income is $56,438.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Chautauqua County | Kansas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| Median home value1 | $65,500 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 5.58% | top rate 5.58% |
| State sales tax3 | 8.71% combined | 8.71% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Chautauqua County, KS
Chautauqua County’s effective property tax rate of 1.513% sits just above Kansas’s statewide median of 1.506%, a difference narrow enough that the county lands near the middle of the state’s 105 counties, ranking 52nd. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the gap widens considerably: property here is taxed at nearly twice the national rate. That contrast matters because home values in the county are low — a median of $65,500, yielding a median annual tax bill of $991. With median household income at $56,438 and per-capita income at $33,548, the tax remains a meaningful expense relative to local earnings. Cedar Vale, the largest of the county’s communities, reflects this pattern, where moderate incomes meet a rate that outpaces most of the country even as absolute bills stay small.