Property Tax & Income in Osborne County, Kansas
Osborne County has an effective property tax rate of 1.70%. On the median home value of $86,400, that's roughly $1,465 per year. Median household income is $63,011.
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 | Osborne County | Kansas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.70% | 1.51% |
| Median home value1 | $86,400 | — |
| 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 Osborne County, KS
Osborne County offers an unusual combination of very low home prices and property taxes that, while above average for Kansas, remain small in dollar terms. The median home value here is $86,400, and the median annual real-estate tax bill comes to $1,465. That countywide rate of 1.696% sits above Kansas's 1.506% median and ranks 28th of the state's 105 counties, yet the low home values keep actual bills affordable. Nationally, the picture looks different: the typical U.S. effective rate is 0.794%, less than half of what buyers pay here. Household income in the county, at a median of $63,011, and per-capita income of $36,950, compare favorably against those tax bills. Among the county's communities — Osborne, Downs, and Portis — Osborne is the largest, and it anchors much of the local housing stock. Buyers weighing a move here should expect higher rates but far lower sticker prices than in most of the country.