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Alpine Township

Kent County

Alpine Township is a township in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 29.59–35.81 mills in property tax, depending on the school district; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 47.59–53.81 mills. It levied property tax in 3 tax areas in 2025. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $7.9 million in spending across all its funds. It has 6 boards and sub-entities.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

29.59–35.81

mills in 2025 · 3 tax areas · about $4,814–$5,827 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

47.59–53.81

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

2

in 3 tax areas

Boards and sub-entities

6

Total property tax rates here, 2025

What property pays to every taxing body (the State, county, schools, local government and others), by tax area. A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of taxable value.

Compare with every tax area in Kent County →

School district Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
Comstock Park Public Schools 35.8140 $5,827 53.8140
Sparta Area Schools 33.0684 $5,380 51.0684
Kenowa Hills Public Schools 29.5884 $4,814 47.5884

Rates differ within Alpine Township because parts of it are in different school districts (Comstock Park Public Schools, Kenowa Hills Public Schools and Sparta Area Schools).

Kent County's certified rates split each area's total between a summer and a winter tax bill; open an area below to see its split.

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

Every levy, by tax area

Comstock Park Public Schools · 35.8140 primary homes, 53.8140 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 27.9869, winter 7.8271; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 45.9869, winter 7.8271.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Comstock Park Public Schools 9.9500 $1,619 9.9500
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Voted Operating Alpine Township 3.8843 $632 3.8843
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Building and Site Comstock Park Public Schools 0.9456 $154 0.9456
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Allocated or Charter Operating Alpine Township 0.9164 $149 0.9164
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Zoo and Museum Kent County 0.4134 $67 0.4134
Ready by Five Kent County 0.2476 $40 0.2476
ISD Allocated Operating Kent ISD 0.0841 $14 0.0841
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Comstock Park Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Sparta Area Schools · 33.0684 primary homes, 51.0684 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.1663, winter 11.9021; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.1663, winter 20.9021.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Sparta Area Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Voted Operating Alpine Township 3.8843 $632 3.8843
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Building and Site Sparta Area Schools 1.1500 $187 1.1500
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Allocated or Charter Operating Alpine Township 0.9164 $149 0.9164
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Zoo and Museum Kent County 0.4134 $67 0.4134
Ready by Five Kent County 0.2476 $40 0.2476
ISD Allocated Operating Kent ISD 0.0841 $14 0.0841
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Sparta Area Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Kenowa Hills Public Schools · 29.5884 primary homes, 47.5884 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.7613, winter 7.8271; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 39.7613, winter 7.8271.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
School Debt Kenowa Hills Public Schools 4.6700 $760 4.6700
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Voted Operating Alpine Township 3.8843 $632 3.8843
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Allocated or Charter Operating Alpine Township 0.9164 $149 0.9164
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Zoo and Museum Kent County 0.4134 $67 0.4134
Ready by Five Kent County 0.2476 $40 0.2476
ISD Allocated Operating Kent ISD 0.0841 $14 0.0841
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Kenowa Hills Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000

Where the property tax goes here

Each tax area's total for primary homes, split by who levies it.

Of the $4,814–$5,827 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $781 goes to Alpine Township (13–16%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Alpine Township's 3 tax areas rank 26th, 35th and 65th highest of Kent County's 94 for primary homes. See every area

  • State
  • County
  • ISD and college
  • School district
  • City, township or village
  • Library, transit and other
  • Alpine Township Comstock Park Public Schools 35.8140 mills $5,827

    Alpine Township with Comstock Park Public Schools: 35.8140 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 10.8956, City, township or village 4.8007, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,827 a year for a new buyer

  • Alpine Township Sparta Area Schools 33.0684 mills $5,380

    Alpine Township with Sparta Area Schools: 33.0684 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.1500, City, township or village 4.8007, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,380 a year for a new buyer

  • Alpine Township Kenowa Hills Public Schools 29.5884 mills $4,814

    Alpine Township with Kenowa Hills Public Schools: 29.5884 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 4.6700, City, township or village 4.8007, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,814 a year for a new buyer

The figures as a table
Tax area State County ISD and college School district City, township or village Library, transit and other Total Estimated tax
Alpine Township, Comstock Park Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 10.8956 4.8007 1.0832 35.8140 $5,827
Alpine Township, Sparta Area Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.1500 4.8007 1.0832 33.0684 $5,380
Alpine Township, Kenowa Hills Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 4.6700 4.8007 1.0832 29.5884 $4,814

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

What Alpine Township levies, 2025

Only its own millages, part of the totals above, and how many tax areas each is levied in.

Levy Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills Tax areas
Voted Operating 3.8843 $632 3.8843 3
Allocated or Charter Operating 0.9164 $149 0.9164 3

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

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 June.

Revenue

$9.4M

all funds

Spending

$7.9M

all funds

Spending per resident

$560

2024 population: 14,103

General fund spending

$3M

budget: $3.3M

Spending by purpose

All funds. Share of $7,897,792 in total.

  • Public works $2,072,875 26%
    Public Works (Non-Act 51) $117,004
    Water and/or Sewer Systems $1,762,225
    Public Transportation $112,895
    All Other Public Works $80,751
  • Capital outlay, debt service and other $1,942,883 25%
    Capital Outlay $1,248,601
    Debt Service $286,150
    Depreciation $408,132
  • Public safety $1,847,785 23%
    Police/Sheriff/Constable $501,253
    Fire $1,185,927
    Building Inspection & Regulation Activities $160,605
  • General government $1,027,936 13%
    Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $11,124
    Chief Executive $89,403
    Treasurer $136,334
    Clerk $205,696
    Assessing Equalization $105,371
    Elections $88,817
    Building and Grounds $130,377
    All Other General Government $260,814
  • Community and economic development $155,061 2%
    Community Planning and Zoning $149,744
    Economic Development $5,317
  • Recreation and culture $46,476 1%
    Parks and Recreation $31,087
    Library $7,280
    All Other Recreation and Culture $8,109
  • Transfers out and special items $804,776 10%
    Transfers (Out) $804,776

Revenue by source

All funds. Share of $9,409,693 in total.

  • Taxes $2,854,253 30%
    Trailer Taxes (Act 243 of 1959) $3,272
    Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $2,850,981
  • Charges for services $2,433,812 26%
    All Other Services Rendered Charges $2,400,601
    All Other Statutory Fees $33,211
  • State grants $1,663,794 18%
    State Revenue Sharing $1,601,578
    Public Safety $25,789
    Streets and Highways (Non-Act 51) $16,508
    Other General/All Other State Aid Grants $19,919
  • Interest and rents $588,542 6%
    Interest & Dividends $578,182
    Rents & Royalties $10,360
  • Federal grants $530,427 6%
    All Other Federal Aid Grants $530,427
  • Licenses and permits $304,065 3%
    Business Licenses and Permits $125,273
    Non-Business Licenses and Permits $178,792
  • Other revenue $182,577 2%
    Sale of Capital Assets $69,000
    Public and Private Contributions $41,289
    Refunds & Rebates $44,435
    Miscellaneous Other Revenue $27,853
  • Special assessments $47,447 1%
    Special Assessments $47,447
  • Borrowing and transfers in $804,776 9%
    Transfers In $804,776

"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 Township Part 2, 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 $9,409,693 $7,897,792 $2,958,840 $4,470,616
2024 $9,056,107 $7,423,939 $2,825,688 $4,873,401
2023 $7,594,200 $6,563,561 $2,722,296 $5,267,771
2022 $9,176,161 $9,293,899 $3,220,381 $5,655,312
2021 $10,236,511 $5,581,449 $2,760,060 $6,049,438
2020 $5,695,492 $4,822,306 $2,558,881 $3,572,736
2019 $6,107,839 $5,747,924 $2,876,167 $3,831,619
2018 $5,218,495 $4,878,660 $2,145,198 $3,454,588
2017 $5,169,527 $4,914,551 $2,382,320 $2,982,728
2016 $4,958,452 $5,322,250 $2,125,099 —

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
$4,470,616
General fund balance at year end
$5,398,936
Of which unassigned
$4,785,796

Pensions and retiree health care

Unfunded pension liability
—
Pension funded, general employees
—
Pension funded, police and fire
—
Unfunded retiree health care (OPEB)
—

Staff

Police
—
Fire
23
Combined public safety
—
All other staff
35
Wages and salaries
$1,375,714

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 Township Part 2, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.

Boards and sub-entities

Boards, commissions and committees

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

4 found · 1 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 June 30, 2025 as received, sent December 15, 2025.

    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 December 15, 2025, within six months of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (due December 31, 2025; 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 June 30, 2025 as received, sent December 15, 2025.

    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 December 15, 2025, within six months of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (due December 31, 2025; 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

  • Not found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    The Clerk's FOIA page (linked from the homepage) links "FOIA Policy Procedures & Guidelines" (Long Version) and "FOIA Resolution 15-16". Opened 2026-09-27: the resolution adopts a Written Public Summary "attached as Exhibit B" and directs the Clerk to post it, but neither posted file contains it. No summary was found on the site. Second reading 2026-09-27: the Clerk, Government and Financial Transparency pages from the site's sitemap link only this FOIA page, whose document folder holds the two files above; a web search found no summary.

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

Good practice

5 found · 6 not found

  • Not found: Current budget posted

    Financial Reports & Capital Improvement Plan posts budgets through "2025-2026 Approved Budget"; none for the fiscal year in progress (July 2026 to June 2027) was found.

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

  • Found: Budgets for the past three years posted

    Financial Reports & Capital Improvement Plan posts the 2025-2026, 2024-2025 and 2023-2024 budgets (and back to 2014-2015).

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

  • Not found: Latest audit posted

    No audit was found on Financial Transparency, Financial Reports & Capital Improvement Plan, the Treasurer or the Clerk pages.

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

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

    The budgets on Financial Reports & Capital Improvement Plan are PDFs; 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

    Agendas & Minutes says the Board of Trustees "meets the third Monday of each month at 7:00 PM".

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

  • Found: Agendas posted for the past 12 months

    Agendas & Minutes posts an agenda for every Board of Trustees meeting from September 15, 2025 to September 21, 2026.

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

  • Found: Minutes posted for the past 12 months

    Agendas & Minutes posts minutes for every Board of Trustees meeting from September 15, 2025 to August 17, 2026.

    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

    Board Of Trustees names all seven members (supervisor, clerk, treasurer and four trustees), each with an email address and 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 the Treasurer, Fund Balances or Financial Transparency pages.

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

  • Not found: Employee pay or salary schedule posted

    No salary schedule, pay ranges or pay by position was found on the Employment, Clerk, Treasurer or Financial Transparency pages.

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

  • Not found: Current contracts posted

    No list of current contracts or contract in force was found on the Government, Clerk, Treasurer or Financial Transparency pages.

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

About

Type
Township
Notes
Census Government Units 2026 lists this as a charter township. The township's own website (checked 2026-09-24), Kent County's directory and TIGER 2025 all use Alpine Township.

Codes

Census of Governments ID
208381
Census GEOID (county subdivision)
2608101840
Michigan Treasury unit code
411030

Sources

Where this page's facts come from.

Open Government Project · a nonpartisan, nonprofit project

Every figure comes from a public record, cited on its page.