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Leavenworth County appraiser reports 5.84% overall assessed-value increase, sales-ratio compliance pressure in some jurisdictions
Summary
The county appraiser told commissioners the county’s total assessed value rose 5.84% for 2025, with residential increases averaging 5.3% and commercial valuations up 11.14%. The county-wide sales ratio median was 91.8%, near the state guideline threshold.
Leavenworth County’s appraiser presented the annual valuation update to the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 25, reporting a 5.84% overall increase in assessed value for 2025 and noting local variations in residential and commercial revaluations.
Travis (last name not specified), speaking for the appraiser’s office, said the county will mail valuation notices for 32,861 parcels on Feb. 28 and that property owners have 30 days from the mail date to appeal. He reported total assessed value approaching $1.1 billion and said new construction accounted for roughly 1.5 percentage points of the increase while revaluation of existing properties contributed about 4.34 percentage points.
Residential values rose 5.3% overall; new construction accounted for 1.41 percentage points of that increase and revaluation of existing residential property for 3.95 percentage points. Commercial valuations saw a larger year-over-year change, with an 11.14% total increase (1.95 percentage points attributed to new construction and 9.19 points to revaluation), the appraiser said.
On the sales ratio study used by the state Property Valuation Division, the appraiser reported a countywide median ratio of approximately 91.8%, which he described as “on the bottom edge of compliance” under guidance that expects median ratios to fall near 90–110% (the office described the target as about 90–110% with a narrower compliance band in practice). He broke out medians for local jurisdictions: Leavenworth City and Lansing were near 90%, Tonganoxie about 92%, and the rural area below 90%; Base (Baser) was higher, near 96.6%.
Commissioners asked about drivers of price changes. The appraiser said agricultural cropland values decreased on average about 1.5% per acre, while tame grass and pasture rose about 5% and native grass about 2% compared with prior-year inputs, and that the eight-year average used for ag values smooths volatility over time. New single-family construction rose 23% from 2023 to 2024 and total single-family sales increased 4% year over year.
Ending: The appraiser’s office filed for but did not use an extension with the state, mailed valuation notices ahead of the statutory March 1 date because March 1 fell on a Saturday, and reminded the public of the 30-day appeal period that begins on the mailing date.
