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Kent County

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Kent County is a county in Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 19.88–51.25 mills in property tax, depending on the school district; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 37.88–68.99 mills. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $827.2 million in spending across all its funds. It has 32 boards and sub-entities. We have loaded 554 of its public bodies so far.

Public bodies

554

loaded so far, at every level

Cities, villages and townships

35

Total property tax rate, primary homes

19.88–51.25

mills in 2025 · 94 tax areas · about $3,235–$8,338 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

37.88–68.99

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Money in and out, fiscal year 2025

From its annual financial report, as filed with the Michigan Department of Treasury. Its fiscal year ends in September.

Revenue

$921.6M

all funds

Spending

$827.2M

all funds

Spending per resident

$1,229

2024 population: 673,002

General fund spending

$238.2M

budget: $247.2M

Spending by purpose

All funds. Share of $827,211,846 in total.

  • Public works $224,797,068 27%
    Road Commission/Street Dept. (Act 51) $86,011,958
    Sanitation/Landfill/Solid Waste $37,941,359
    Airports $96,122,365
    All Other Public Works $4,721,386
  • Health and welfare $124,938,418 15%
    Health Departments, Boards and Clinics $27,341,337
    Alcoholism and Substance Abuse $16,004,271
    Medical Examiner $1,710,274
    Mental Health $2,025,942
    Child Care Activities/Human Services $33,056,102
    Human Services & Medical Care Facility $457,276
    Area Agency on Aging $15,560
    Veteran's Programs $1,744,596
    Redevelopment & Public Housing $2,142,000
    All Other Health & Welfare $40,441,060
  • Public safety $121,069,723 15%
    Police/Sheriff/Constable $48,638,584
    Fire $839,681
    Emergency 911 Dispatch Activities $15,273,325
    Corrections/Jail $53,123,256
    All Other Public Safety Activities $3,194,877
  • General government $93,950,509 11%
    Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $1,331,752
    Chief Executive $4,189,141
    Treasurer $2,101,707
    Clerk $3,472,981
    Assessing Equalization $1,975,506
    Finance and Tax Administration $2,543,053
    Elections $1,227,320
    Building and Grounds $15,309,442
    Attorney/Corporation Counsel $342,762
    All Other General Government $61,456,845
  • Courts and judicial $63,006,745 8%
    Circuit Court $34,023,312
    District/Municipal Court $3,763,185
    Friend of the Court $11,627,145
    Law Library $15,824
    Probate Court $2,717,176
    Probation $18,295
    Prosecuting Attorney $10,841,808
  • Capital outlay, debt service and other $49,770,306 6%
    Capital Outlay $21,178,741
    Debt Service $18,608,968
    Depreciation $9,982,597
  • Recreation and culture $26,907,563 3%
    Parks and Recreation $12,474,927
    Various Cultural Activities, Fine Arts, Historical Society, Museums, etc. $7,175,185
    All Other Recreation and Culture $7,257,451
  • Community and economic development $25,898,401 3%
    Economic Development $23,943,346
    Register of Deeds $876,761
    All Other Community Development $1,078,294
  • Transfers out and special items $96,873,113 12%
    Transfers (Out) $96,148,113
    EXTRAORDINARY/SPECIAL ITEMS $725,000

Revenue by source

All funds. Share of $921,573,957 in total.

  • Charges for services $256,578,444 28%
    All Other Services Rendered Charges $191,979,170
    All Other Sales, Use, & Admission Fees $53,230,529
    All Other Statutory Fees $11,368,745
  • Taxes $229,171,341 25%
    Tax Reverted Property $409,535
    Payment in-Lieu-of Taxes (PILOT) $451,176
    Trailer Taxes (Act 243 of 1959) $59,530
    Transient Guest Lodging Tax (Act 263 of 1974) $20,449,513
    Industrial Facilities Tax (Act 198 of 1974) $1,105,120
    Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $206,696,467
  • State grants $174,226,717 19%
    State Revenue Sharing $16,120,318
    Public Safety $4,493,736
    Streets and Highways (Act 51) $65,447,138
    Streets and Highways (Non-Act 51) $13,503,951
    Health $6,913,290
    Welfare $21,750,224
    Culture and Recreation $699,848
    Other General/All Other State Aid Grants $45,298,212
  • Federal grants $62,897,102 7%
    General Government $7,940
    Public Safety $872,849
    Health and/or Hospitals $38,793,398
    Welfare $8,033,547
    Culture and Recreation $31,284
    All Other Federal Aid Grants $15,158,084
  • Interest and rents $37,529,124 4%
    Interest & Dividends $30,010,719
    Rents & Royalties $7,518,405
  • Other revenue $34,198,977 4%
    Reimbursements $20,685,429
    Sale of Capital Assets $1,248,015
    Public and Private Contributions $10,934,403
    Refunds & Rebates $368,499
    Miscellaneous Other Revenue $962,631
  • Special assessments $14,437,305 2%
    Special Assessments $14,437,305
  • From other local governments $12,929,969 1%
    General Government $63,081
    Public Safety $2,247,713
    Street and Highways $7,468,305
    Health and/or Hospitals $956,956
    Welfare $25,000
    Culture and Recreation $106,264
    All Other $2,062,650
  • Fines and forfeits $2,108,871 <1%
    All Fines, Penalties & Forfeits $2,108,871
  • Licenses and permits $982,032 <1%
    Business Licenses and Permits $7,020
    Non-Business Licenses and Permits $975,012
  • Borrowing and transfers in $96,514,075 10%
    Proceeds from Bond/Note Issuance $365,962
    Transfers In $96,148,113

"All funds" is the report's total column: the general fund, other governmental funds, enterprise funds such as water and sewer, internal service funds and component units. Its totals include money moved between the government's own funds, and revenue includes money borrowed. Spending per resident is total spending divided by the population shown; the shares are each heading's part of its total. Open a heading to see the lines filed under it.

Population: DashBoard_Metrics (MI Community Financial Dashboard), Michigan Department of Treasury.

Source: FY2025 F65 County, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.

Revenue and spending, fiscal years 2016–2025

All funds, as filed each year.

Revenue Spending
The figures as a table
Fiscal year Revenue Spending General fund spending Long-term debt
2025 $921,573,957 $827,211,846 $238,159,458 $173,719,310
2024 $971,956,819 $846,832,175 $226,672,912 $190,079,655
2023 $703,389,064 $603,717,085 $171,443,806 $174,168,977
2022 $699,577,880 $670,972,584 $201,016,082 $189,834,791
2021 $709,237,874 $645,057,815 $190,966,632 $197,294,614
2020 $739,153,241 $685,227,662 $183,033,546 $186,626,060
2019 $665,857,519 $598,935,857 $180,351,997 $192,887,199
2018 $591,622,174 $549,801,577 $172,599,012 $203,180,560
2017 $587,962,899 $555,406,027 $168,632,677 $306,743,883
2016 $657,836,510 $627,037,011 $162,097,985 $142,575,000

Each year links to the dataset it comes from. A year with dashes across has no report in the State's data.

Debt, pensions and staff, fiscal year 2025

As reported in the same filing.

Debt and fund balance

Long-term debt at year end
$173,719,310
General fund balance at year end
$116,785,594
Of which unassigned
$73,689,876

Pensions and retiree health care

Unfunded pension liability
$60,685,490
Pension funded, general employees
—
Pension funded, police and fire
—
Unfunded retiree health care (OPEB)
$3,973,878

Staff

Police
718
Fire
1
Combined public safety
—
All other staff
1,752
Wages and salaries
$152,660,924

A dash means the State's data has no figure for that line. Its datasets leave out zero amounts in most years, so a dash can also be a zero that was filed. The unfunded pension liability is the filing's "aggregate pension liability" line.

Source: FY2025 F65 County, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.

Counties, cities, villages and townships

35 bodies

Schools and colleges

55 bodies

Authorities and special districts

55 bodies

Courts

7 bodies

Boards, commissions and committees

1 body

Property tax rates across Kent County, 2025

Total mills for each combination of city or township and school district.

Compare every tax area, see who levies what, and estimate a new buyer's tax →

City, village or township School district Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
City of Wyoming Godfrey-Lee Public Schools 51.2464 $8,338 68.9896
City of East Grand Rapids East Grand Rapids Public Schools 47.4995 $7,728 65.4995
City of Cedar Springs Cedar Springs Public Schools 44.2153 $7,194 61.5428
Village of Casnovia Kent City Community Schools 44.1852 $7,189 61.9110
City of Lowell Lowell Area Schools 44.0208 $7,162 61.7660
City of Wyoming Kelloggsville Public Schools 42.8893 $6,978 60.8893
City of Wyoming Byron Center Public Schools 42.5439 $6,922 60.5439
City of Rockford Rockford Public Schools 42.2638 $6,876 60.2638
City of Kentwood Kelloggsville Public Schools 41.9936 $6,832 59.9936
Village of Sand Lake Tri County Area Schools 41.5878 $6,766 59.3736
City of Wyoming Grandville Public Schools 40.9822 $6,668 58.9822
Village of Sparta Sparta Area Schools 40.8259 $6,642 58.8259
City of Kentwood Forest Hills Public Schools 40.7246 $6,626 58.7246
City of Wyoming Wyoming Public Schools 40.6915 $6,621 58.6915
City of Kentwood Caledonia Community Schools 40.6863 $6,620 58.6863
City of Grandville Grandville Public Schools 40.4496 $6,581 58.4496
Village of Kent City Kent City Community Schools 40.1852 $6,538 57.9110
City of Grandville Wyoming Public Schools 40.1589 $6,534 58.1589
City of Wyoming Kentwood Public Schools 40.1185 $6,527 58.1185
City of Wyoming Godwin Heights Public Schools 39.7020 $6,460 57.7020
City of Kentwood Kentwood Public Schools 39.2228 $6,382 57.2228
City of Wyoming Grand Rapids Public Schools 38.4320 $6,253 56.4320
Village of Caledonia Caledonia Community Schools 37.7562 $6,143 55.7562
City of Grand Rapids Forest Hills Public Schools 36.3132 $5,908 54.3132
City of Grand Rapids Caledonia Community Schools 36.2749 $5,902 54.2749
Alpine Township Comstock Park Public Schools 35.8140 $5,827 53.8140
City of Grand Rapids Grandville Public Schools 35.6751 $5,804 53.6751
Plainfield Charter Township Comstock Park Public Schools 35.1781 $5,723 53.1781
City of Grand Rapids Kentwood Public Schools 34.8114 $5,664 52.8114
City of Grand Rapids Godwin Heights Public Schools 34.3949 $5,596 52.3949
City of Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills Public Schools 33.9449 $5,523 51.9449
City of Walker Comstock Park Public Schools 33.7310 $5,488 51.7310
Grand Rapids Charter Township East Grand Rapids Public Schools 33.4071 $5,435 51.4071
City of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Public Schools 33.1249 $5,389 51.1249
Alpine Township Sparta Area Schools 33.0684 $5,380 51.0684
Plainfield Charter Township Rockford Public Schools 32.6362 $5,310 50.6362
Ada Township Northview Public Schools 32.5749 $5,300 50.5749
Ada Township Lowell Area Schools 32.4152 $5,274 50.1604
Plainfield Charter Township Northview Public Schools 32.4003 $5,272 50.4003
Tyrone Township Kent City Community Schools 32.1852 $5,237 49.9110
Cascade Charter Township Lowell Area Schools 32.0538 $5,215 49.7990
Ada Township Forest Hills Public Schools 31.4954 $5,124 49.4954
Caledonia Charter Township Thornapple Kellogg School District 31.3790 $5,105 49.3790
Grattan Township Rockford Public Schools 31.3040 $5,093 49.3040
Cascade Charter Township Forest Hills Public Schools 31.1340 $5,066 49.1340
Tyrone Township Sparta Area Schools 31.1218 $5,064 49.1218
Algoma Township Rockford Public Schools 31.1000 $5,060 49.1000
Cascade Charter Township Caledonia Community Schools 31.0957 $5,059 49.0957
Cannon Township Rockford Public Schools 31.0726 $5,056 49.2650
Bowne Township Thornapple Kellogg School District 30.9853 $5,041 48.9853
Grattan Township Lowell Area Schools 30.9084 $5,029 48.6536
Algoma Township Sparta Area Schools 30.8963 $5,027 48.8963
Cannon Township Lowell Area Schools 30.6770 $4,991 48.4222
Byron Township Byron Center Public Schools 30.5896 $4,977 48.5896
Gaines Charter Township Byron Center Public Schools 30.3808 $4,943 48.3808
Bowne Township Lowell Area Schools 30.3766 $4,942 48.1218
Lowell Charter Township Lowell Area Schools 30.2777 $4,926 48.0229
Courtland Township Rockford Public Schools 30.2028 $4,914 48.2028
Sparta Township Kent City Community Schools 29.8893 $4,863 47.6151
Caledonia Charter Township Caledonia Community Schools 29.8122 $4,850 47.8122
Cannon Township Forest Hills Public Schools 29.7572 $4,841 47.7572
Algoma Township Cedar Springs Public Schools 29.7463 $4,840 47.0738
Grand Rapids Charter Township Northview Public Schools 29.7355 $4,838 47.7355
Oakfield Township Rockford Public Schools 29.6758 $4,828 47.6758
Alpine Township Kenowa Hills Public Schools 29.5884 $4,814 47.5884
Vergennes Township Lowell Area Schools 29.5255 $4,804 47.2707
Solon Township Kent City Community Schools 29.4843 $4,797 47.2101
Gaines Charter Township Caledonia Community Schools 29.4189 $4,786 47.4189
Bowne Township Caledonia Community Schools 29.4185 $4,786 47.4185
Spencer Township Cedar Springs Public Schools 29.4105 $4,785 46.7380
Lowell Charter Township Caledonia Community Schools 29.3196 $4,770 47.3196
City of Walker Grandville Public Schools 29.2356 $4,757 47.2356
Byron Township Grandville Public Schools 29.0279 $4,723 47.0279
Plainfield Charter Township Kenowa Hills Public Schools 28.9525 $4,711 46.9525
Courtland Township Cedar Springs Public Schools 28.8491 $4,694 46.1766
Sparta Township Sparta Area Schools 28.8259 $4,690 46.8259
Nelson Township Cedar Springs Public Schools 28.7877 $4,684 46.1152
Byron Township Wayland Union Schools 28.7540 $4,678 46.7540
Grand Rapids Charter Township Forest Hills Public Schools 28.6560 $4,662 46.6560
Grattan Township Belding Area School District 28.6337 $4,659 46.6337
Spencer Township Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) 28.3403 $4,611 46.3403
Oakfield Township Cedar Springs Public Schools 28.3221 $4,608 45.6496
Byron Township Kentwood Public Schools 28.1642 $4,582 46.1642
Gaines Charter Township Kentwood Public Schools 27.9554 $4,548 45.9554
City of Walker Kenowa Hills Public Schools 27.5054 $4,475 45.5054
Solon Township Cedar Springs Public Schools 27.2709 $4,437 44.5984
Oakfield Township Belding Area School District 27.0055 $4,394 45.0055
Spencer Township Greenville Public Schools 25.9614 $4,224 43.9614
Oakfield Township Greenville Public Schools 24.8730 $4,047 42.8730
Nelson Township Tri County Area Schools 24.2886 $3,952 42.0744
Solon Township Tri County Area Schools 22.7718 $3,705 40.5576
Bowne Township Lakewood Public Schools 22.6332 $3,682 40.5864
Tyrone Township Grant Public School District 22.5838 $3,674 40.5838
Solon Township Grant Public School District 19.8829 $3,235 37.8829

Primary homes, which their owners live in, pay the homestead rate; so do qualified farmland and a few other kinds of property exempt from the school operating tax. Rentals, second homes and most businesses pay the non-homestead rate, which includes it. What these terms mean

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

Transparency checks

What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.

Grade pending

A grade appears once every check below has been read and the site has set its grading scale. Every check counts the same.

Required by law

7 found · 0 not found

  • Found: Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year

    Treasury's Document Search shows the audit for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 as received, sent March 16, 2026.

    Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, MCL 141.421 et seq.; MCL 141.921 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Audit filed with the State for the latest fiscal year

  • Found: Audit filed on time

    Sent March 16, 2026, within six months of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (due March 31, 2026; fiscal year end from its F-65).

    Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.921 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Audit filed on time

  • Found: Annual financial report (F-65) filed with the State

    Treasury's Document Search shows the annual financial report (F-65) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 as received, sent March 26, 2026.

    MCL 141.424(3) · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Annual financial report (F-65) filed with the State

  • Found: Annual financial report (F-65) filed on time

    Sent March 26, 2026, within six months of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 (due March 31, 2026; fiscal year end from its F-65).

    Due six months after fiscal year end; MCL 141.424(3) · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Annual financial report (F-65) filed on time

  • Found: Retirement report (Form 5572) filed with the State

    Treasury's FY2025 status report (as of September 18, 2026) does not list it as "No Retirement Submission".

    PA 202 of 2017, MCL 38.2805 · FY2025 · Read September 26, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Retirement report (Form 5572) filed with the State

  • Found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    The FOIA page (linked from the homepage) links "Procedures and Guidelines" (effective April 23, 2024; /DocumentCenter/View/2819) and "Summary of Kent County FOIA Procedures and Guidelines" (effective July 1, 2015; /DocumentCenter/View/2818).

    MCL 15.234(4) · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

  • Found: Retirement report information posted

    Financial Transparency posts the "2025 Pension Plan and VEBA Trust Form 5572 Report", the county's PA 202 report for fiscal year 2025 (opened 2026-09-27), with those for 2020 to 2024.

    MCL 38.2805(8) · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Retirement report information posted

Good practice

8 found · 4 not found

  • Found: Current budget posted

    Financial Transparency (Departments > Budget Documents & Reports) lists "2026 Budget Summary (PDF)" for the fiscal year in progress (its F-65 filings give a September year end), and "2027 Budget Summary (PDF)".

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Current budget posted

  • Found: Budgets for the past three years posted

    Financial Transparency lists budget summaries for 2025, 2024 and 2023 (and back to 2020).

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Budgets for the past three years posted

  • Found: Latest audit posted

    Financial Transparency lists "2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (PDF)" and the 2025 single audit.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Latest audit posted

  • Not found: Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file

    Every budget on Financial Transparency and the Fiscal Services page is a PDF; no spreadsheet or data file was found.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file

  • Found: Regular meeting schedule for the year posted

    The Board of Commissioners page gives its meeting schedule: "2nd and 4th Thursday of each month".

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Regular meeting schedule for the year posted

  • Found: Agendas posted for the past 12 months

    The Agenda Online portal (linked from the homepage) has an agenda packet for every Board of Commissioners meeting in 2026 (January 8 to September 24) and a 2025 tab for earlier meetings.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Agendas posted for the past 12 months

  • Found: Minutes posted for the past 12 months

    The Agenda Online portal has minutes for every Board of Commissioners meeting from January 8 to August 27, 2026, and a 2025 tab for earlier meetings.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Minutes posted for the past 12 months

  • Found: Members' names and a way to contact them posted

    Meet the Commissioners lists all 21 commissioners by district with an email link and, for most, a phone number.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Members' names and a way to contact them posted

  • Not found: Check register (payments) posted

    No check register or payments list was found on Financial Transparency, Fiscal Services (Budget Information), Purchasing or Vendor Resources.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Check register (payments) posted

  • Not found: Employee pay or salary schedule posted

    Human Resources > Union Contracts & MPP Handbook posts ten union contracts and the Management Pay Plan handbook, but no salaries for the elected officials: the Officers' Compensation Commission's February 16, 2026 minutes and March 2026 hearing agenda give no amounts. Not found under the publisher's rule of 2026-09-27: G10 needs pay posted for every employee group and every elected official.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Employee pay or salary schedule posted

  • Not found: Current contracts posted

    Purchasing, Vendor Resources and Bid Opportunities post purchasing policies, standard terms and open bids, but no list of current contracts and no contract in force (labor agreements count under G12).

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Current contracts posted

  • Found: Labor agreements posted

    Union Contracts & MPP Handbook posts ten labor agreements: Prosecuting Attorney, TPOAM Public Defenders, Circuit Court Referee, TPOAM Courts, Captains and Lieutenants, FOPLC, KCDSA, Teamsters Parks, Teamsters PHN and UAW General.

    Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Labor agreements posted

Kent County's own boards

Boards, commissions and authorities the county created.

What Kent County levies, 2025

Levy Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax
County Allocated Operating 4.0605 $661
Jail 0.7417 $121
Senior Citizens 0.4914 $80
Zoo and Museum 0.4134 $67
Ready by Five 0.2476 $40
Veterans 0.0491 $8

Kent County's own levies are 6.0037 mills in every tax area: about $977 a year for a new buyer of a median primary home (an estimate).

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

Open Government Project · a nonpartisan, nonprofit project

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