Taxes in Overland Park
Kansas's real, current 2-bracket individual income tax (5.20%/5.58%, per a 2024 reform) pairs with a full, unconditional Social Security exemption (effective retroactive to January 1, 2024) and a full elimination of the STATE sales tax on groceries (effective January 1, 2025) -- against Overland Park's genuinely elevated combined sales tax (9.35%-11.35%) and a property tax rate that, while the lowest in Johnson County, still runs above the national median.
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Learn moreKansas's Real, Current 2-Bracket Income Tax
Kansas's individual income tax uses a real, graduated 2-bracket system: 5.20% on taxable income up to $23,000 (single) / $46,000 (married filing jointly), and 5.58% above those thresholds -- the product of a real 2024 reform that collapsed a prior 3-bracket system (3.1%/5.25%/5.7%). Kansas's state standard deduction runs $3,500 single / $8,000 MFJ, notably lower than the federal standard deduction.
A Full, Unconditional Social Security Exemption Since 2024
Kansas fully, unconditionally exempts all Social Security retirement benefits from state income tax for all residents, regardless of income, effective retroactive to January 1, 2024 -- signed into law by Governor Laura Kelly in summer 2024, replacing a prior $75,000 adjusted-gross-income cliff that fully taxed benefits above that threshold. This change was projected to save Social Security recipients statewide approximately $152 million in its first year alone, part of a broader approximately $2 billion, five-year state tax cut package.
Kansas Fully Eliminated the State Grocery Sales Tax in 2025
Kansas's state sales tax on food and food ingredients was fully eliminated effective January 1, 2025 (phased down from 6.5% through 4% in 2023 and 2% in 2024). This record discloses honestly that LOCAL city/county sales taxes on groceries still apply, ranging 0%-5% depending on the specific jurisdiction.
Overland Park's Own Property Tax: The Lowest in the County, Still Above the National Median
As detailed in full on the property-taxes topic page, Overland Park's own effective property tax rate (~1.17%) is the lowest of any city in Johnson County, yet still runs above the national median (~1.02%) -- a real, honest nuance this record discloses precisely.
The Genuine Trade-Off: An Elevated Combined Sales Tax
Overland Park's combined sales tax runs 9.35% to 11.35% depending on the specific one of 28 distinct tax jurisdictions within the city -- a real, disclosed, comparatively elevated figure. Movers should weigh this real, everyday-spending cost alongside the state's genuine income-tax, Social-Security, and grocery-tax benefits above.
Key takeaways
- Kansas's 2-bracket income tax runs 5.20% (up to $23,000 single/$46,000 MFJ) and 5.58% above, the product of a 2024 reform that collapsed a prior 3-bracket system.
- Social Security is fully, unconditionally exempt from Kansas state income tax since 2024, replacing a prior $75,000 AGI cliff.
- Kansas fully eliminated the STATE grocery sales tax effective January 1, 2025 -- though local grocery sales taxes still apply.
- Overland Park's own effective property tax rate (~1.17%) is the lowest in Johnson County, yet still runs above the 1.02% national median.
- Overland Park's combined sales tax runs a genuinely elevated 9.35%-11.35% -- a real, disclosed trade-off against the benefits above.
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