Property Taxes
Property taxes include taxes for four government units: Douglas County, the State of Kansas, Unified School District #497, and the City of Lawrence. Each unit of government determines its own tax rate depending on needs.
Property tax rates are based on mills and are assessed through a mill levy. One mill is equivalent to one dollar for every thousand dollars of assessed property value.
City of Lawrence | 33.232 |
Douglas County | 41.298 |
State of Kansas | 1.500 |
USD #497 | 52.273 |
Total | 128.303 |
* The mill levies provided by the 2023 Douglas County Tax Levy Sheet.
Sales Taxes
State tax | 6.50% |
City taxes | 1.55% |
Total tax rate | 9.30% |
The Kansas Department of Revenue maintains an up-to-date list of sales tax rate changes at http://www.ksrevenue.org/salesratechanges.html.
To learn more about Sales Tax Rates for Lawrence, visit the City website.
https://lawrenceks.org/sales-tax/
Utilities
Westar Energy – Electricity
Black Hills Energy and Atmos Energy – Natural Gas
City of Lawrence – Sewer & Water
Telephone and Internet Services
