Property Tax & Income in Johnson County, Kansas
Johnson County has an effective property tax rate of 1.14%. On the median home value of $391,200, that's roughly $4,447 per year. Median household income is $109,208.
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 | Johnson County | Kansas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.14% | 1.51% |
| Median home value1 | $391,200 | — |
| 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 Johnson County, KS
Johnson County's 1.137% effective property tax rate sits well below Kansas's statewide median of 1.506%, and the gap is meaningful: among the state's 105 counties, this one ranks 98th, placing it near the bottom for tax burden. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the county still runs higher. That split signals a local market where taxes are comparatively restrained by state standards but remain a real cost by national ones. A median home value of $391,200 generates an annual tax bill of about $4,447, set against a median household income of $109,208 in communities such as Overland Park, Shawnee, and Lenexa. The relationship between income and tax bill matters more than the rate alone, and here the ratio suggests homeowners absorb the levy without it dominating household budgets.