By Ned Seaton
The property tax rate paid by Manhattan residents again ranks in the middle of the pack for comparable Kansas cities, according to data obtained by The Manhattan Mercury.
Manhattan’s rate — which combines the taxes levied by the city government, the county government and the local public school system — ranks 14th among the 26 so-called “first-class” cities in the state, according to a Mercury analysis of data from the League of Kansas Municipalities. Those are the largest cities in the state.
That means residents in 13 cities — including Topeka, Emporia, Garden City, Dodge City, Hutchison and Kansas City, Kansas — have to pay higher overall property tax rates. Twelve have lower rates, including Junction City, which ranks one spot lower than Manhattan.
