The median property tax bill for a Michigan residence was $2,845 in 2023, according to the latest U.S. Census estimates.

The Census estimates that based on a median home value of $236,100 for Michigan, considering the five-year average for 2019-23.

So what Michigan community has the highest property taxes?

It’s more complicated than you may think because it involves overlapping tax units as well as a wide variation in property values.

As an example, there are seven tax rates for the city of Grand Rapids, because there are seven school districts within the city borders. (Those school districts: Grand Rapids, Kenowa Hills, Kentwood, Caledonia, Godwin Heights, Grandville and Forest Hills.)

So the property tax rate for an owner-occupied home ranges from a high of 54.54 mills for a Grand R

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