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Byron Township

Kent County

Byron Township is a township in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 28.16–30.59 mills in property tax, depending on the school district; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 46.16–48.59 mills. It levied property tax in 4 tax areas in 2025. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $22.4 million in spending across all its funds. It has 12 boards and sub-entities.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

28.16–30.59

mills in 2025 · 4 tax areas · about $4,582–$4,977 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

46.16–48.59

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

2

in 4 tax areas

Boards and sub-entities

12

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
Byron Center Public Schools 30.5896 $4,977 48.5896
Grandville Public Schools 29.0279 $4,723 47.0279
Wayland Union Schools 28.7540 $4,678 46.7540
Kentwood Public Schools 28.1642 $4,582 46.1642

Rates differ within Byron Township because parts of it are in different school districts (Byron Center Public Schools, Grandville Public Schools, Kentwood Public Schools and Wayland Union 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

Byron Center Public Schools · 30.5896 primary homes, 48.5896 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.0723, winter 9.5173; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.0723, winter 18.5173.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Byron Center Public 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
Debt or Street Lights (Real Property Only) Byron Township 1.8000 $293 1.8000
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Building and Site Byron Center Public Schools 0.9619 $157 0.9619
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Byron Township 0.7100 $116 0.7100
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) Byron Center Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Grandville Public Schools · 29.0279 primary homes, 47.0279 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 23.4915, winter 5.5364; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 41.4915, winter 5.5364.

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 Grandville Public Schools 5.0500 $822 5.0500
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Debt or Street Lights (Real Property Only) Byron Township 1.8000 $293 1.8000
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Building and Site Grandville Public Schools 1.3502 $220 1.3502
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Byron Township 0.7100 $116 0.7100
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) Grandville Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Wayland Union Schools · 28.7540 primary homes, 46.7540 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 14.2605, winter 14.4935; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 23.2605, winter 23.4935.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Wayland Union Schools 8.4000 $1,367 8.4000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
ISD Voted Special Education Allegan Area Educational Service Agency 2.9157 $474 2.9157
Debt or Street Lights (Real Property Only) Byron Township 1.8000 $293 1.8000
ISD Voted Vocational Education Allegan Area Educational Service Agency 1.7014 $277 1.7014
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Byron Township 0.7100 $116 0.7100
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 Allegan Area Educational Service Agency 0.1400 $23 0.1400
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Wayland Union Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Kentwood Public Schools · 28.1642 primary homes, 46.1642 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 19.8596, winter 8.3046; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 28.8596, winter 17.3046.

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
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
School Debt Kentwood Public Schools 4.0000 $651 4.0000
Debt or Street Lights (Real Property Only) Byron Township 1.8000 $293 1.8000
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Building and Site Kentwood Public Schools 1.5365 $250 1.5365
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Byron Township 0.7100 $116 0.7100
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) Kentwood 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 $4,582–$4,977 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $408 goes to Byron Township (8–9%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Byron Township's 4 tax areas rank between 54th and 83rd 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
  • Byron Township Byron Center Public Schools 30.5896 mills $4,977

    Byron Township with Byron Center Public Schools: 30.5896 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 7.9619, City, township or village 2.5100, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,977 a year for a new buyer

  • Byron Township Grandville Public Schools 29.0279 mills $4,723

    Byron Township with Grandville Public Schools: 29.0279 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 6.4002, City, township or village 2.5100, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,723 a year for a new buyer

  • Byron Township Wayland Union Schools 28.7540 mills $4,678

    Byron Township with Wayland Union Schools: 28.7540 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 4.7571, School district 8.4000, City, township or village 2.5100, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,678 a year for a new buyer

  • Byron Township Kentwood Public Schools 28.1642 mills $4,582

    Byron Township with Kentwood Public Schools: 28.1642 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 5.5365, City, township or village 2.5100, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,582 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
Byron Township, Byron Center Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 7.9619 2.5100 1.0832 30.5896 $4,977
Byron Township, Grandville Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 6.4002 2.5100 1.0832 29.0279 $4,723
Byron Township, Wayland Union Schools 6.0000 6.0037 4.7571 8.4000 2.5100 1.0832 28.7540 $4,678
Byron Township, Kentwood Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 5.5365 2.5100 1.0832 28.1642 $4,582

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 Byron 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
Debt or Street Lights (Real Property Only) 1.8000 $293 1.8000 4
Allocated or Charter Operating 0.7100 $116 0.7100 4

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 March.

Revenue

$24.5M

all funds

Spending

$22.4M

all funds

Spending per resident

$788

2024 population: 28,406

General fund spending

$7.1M

budget: $7.4M

Spending by purpose

All funds. Share of $22,382,166 in total.

  • Public works $6,913,808 31%
    Public Works (Non-Act 51) $1,361,561
    Water and/or Sewer Systems $5,438,829
    All Other Public Works $113,418
  • Capital outlay, debt service and other $5,196,254 23%
    Capital Outlay $2,576,602
    Debt Service $1
    Depreciation $2,619,651
  • Public safety $3,890,232 17%
    Police/Sheriff/Constable $1,107,432
    Fire $1,862,321
    Building Inspection & Regulation Activities $920,479
  • General government $1,912,139 9%
    Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $36,266
    Chief Executive $124,713
    Treasurer $262,686
    Clerk $217,192
    Assessing Equalization $264,047
    Elections $162,677
    Building and Grounds $125,023
    Attorney/Corporation Counsel $152,058
    All Other General Government $567,477
  • Recreation and culture $1,610,255 7%
    Parks and Recreation $1,365,633
    Library $73,983
    All Other Recreation and Culture $170,639
  • Community and economic development $179,145 1%
    Community Planning and Zoning $94,326
    Economic Development $41,974
    All Other Community Development $42,845
  • Transfers out and special items $2,680,333 12%
    Transfers (Out) $2,680,333

Revenue by source

All funds. Share of $24,546,331 in total.

  • Charges for services $8,852,680 36%
    All Other Services Rendered Charges $8,847,850
    All Other Statutory Fees $4,830
  • Other revenue $4,181,521 17%
    Reimbursements $247,119
    Sale of Capital Assets $23,732
    Public and Private Contributions $3,110,000
    Miscellaneous Other Revenue $800,670
  • Taxes $3,782,348 15%
    Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $3,782,348
  • State grants $3,040,212 12%
    State Revenue Sharing $2,996,902
    Streets and Highways (Non-Act 51) $42,283
    Other General/All Other State Aid Grants $1,027
  • Interest and rents $1,690,344 7%
    Interest & Dividends $1,570,344
    Rents & Royalties $120,000
  • Licenses and permits $312,774 1%
    Business Licenses and Permits $312,774
  • Fines and forfeits $6,119 <1%
    All Fines, Penalties & Forfeits $6,119
  • Borrowing and transfers in $2,680,333 11%
    Transfers In $2,680,333

"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 $24,546,331 $22,382,166 $7,084,803 —
2024 $23,822,749 $24,620,053 $6,410,127 $5,527
2023 $16,519,590 $14,442,344 $3,719,390 $17,721
2022 $15,878,854 $13,888,178 $3,759,089 $28,542
2021 $13,841,343 $13,060,882 $3,506,425 $38,145
2020 $14,952,892 $14,396,298 $4,466,663 $46,667
2019 $14,190,755 $12,608,666 $4,002,619 $20,691
2018 $12,777,501 $11,177,132 $2,609,377 $33,467
2017 $12,454,871 $12,402,711 $3,088,185 $46,311
2016 $11,547,210 $8,482,456 $3,271,225 —

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
—
General fund balance at year end
$7,596,345
Of which unassigned
$6,715,578

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
26
Combined public safety
—
All other staff
127
Wages and salaries
$2,835,461

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

Authorities and special districts

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

5 found · 2 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 March 31, 2025 as received, sent September 2, 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 September 2, 2025, within six months of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (due September 30, 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 March 31, 2025 as received, sent September 5, 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 September 5, 2025, within six months of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (due September 30, 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: Retirement report (Form 5572) filed with the State

    Treasury's FY2025 status report (as of September 18, 2026) lists 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 "Byron Township FOIA Policies and Guidelines" and "Byron Township FOIA Public Summary".

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

  • Not found: Retirement report information posted

    No PA 202 report (Form 5572) or Treasury's summary of it was found on its finance, budget and transparency pages. The second reading (the site's sitemap, and the links on its home and finance pages) found none. Treasury's FY2025 status report lists no retirement submission from the township.

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

Good practice

5 found · 6 not found

  • Not found: Current budget posted

    No budget for the fiscal year in progress (April 2026 to March 2027) was found on the township site (Accountability and Transparency posts the State's Projected Budget Report form) or in the portal's Township Board folders. The Documents-On-Demand portal was read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: its robots.txt blocks automated readers.

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

  • Not found: Budgets for the past three years posted

    No budgets were found on the township site or in the portal's Township Board folders. The Documents-On-Demand portal was read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: its robots.txt blocks automated readers.

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

  • Found: Latest audit posted

    Clerk > Financial Statements posts "2025-2026 Financial Statements", the audited financial statements and independent auditor's report for the year ended March 31, 2026 (opened 2026-09-27; the 2024-2025 link opens the March 31, 2024 report).

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

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

    No budget spreadsheet or data file was found. The Documents-On-Demand portal was read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: its robots.txt blocks automated readers. The web search found "Projected Budget Report 2023.xls" on the township's site (opened 2026-09-27): Treasury's Projected Budget Report template with the 2023-24 General Fund budget by line and a projection for 2024-25. It does not count: G4 counts only the budget for the fiscal year in progress (publisher's rule, 2026-09-27).

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

  • Found: Regular meeting schedule for the year posted

    The Documents-On-Demand portal (linked from the township site as Minutes and Agendas) posts "2026 Meeting Schedule" under Township Board > Forms & Documents. The Documents-On-Demand portal was read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: its robots.txt blocks automated readers.

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

  • Found: Agendas posted for the past 12 months

    The Documents-On-Demand portal posts a Township Board agenda for every meeting from September 8, 2025 to September 28, 2026. The Documents-On-Demand portal was read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: its robots.txt blocks automated readers.

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

  • Found: Minutes posted for the past 12 months

    The Documents-On-Demand portal posts Township Board minutes for every meeting from September 8, 2025 to August 24, 2026. The Documents-On-Demand portal was read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: its robots.txt blocks automated readers.

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

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

    Township Board names all seven members (supervisor, clerk, treasurer and four trustees), each with a phone number, and email addresses for the supervisor, clerk and treasurer.

    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, Clerk, Accountability and Transparency or Financial Statements 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 Township Board, Clerk, Supervisor or Treasurer 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; the Clerk's pages link requests for proposals only.

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

About

Type
Township

Codes

Census of Governments ID
183996
Census GEOID (county subdivision)
2608112240
Michigan Treasury unit code
411050

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.