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Cannon Township

Kent County

Cannon Township is a township in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 29.76–31.07 mills in property tax, depending on the school district; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 47.76–49.27 mills. It levied property tax in 3 tax areas in 2025. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $5.8 million in spending across all its funds. It has 13 boards and sub-entities.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

29.76–31.07

mills in 2025 · 3 tax areas · about $4,841–$5,056 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

47.76–49.27

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

2

in 3 tax areas

Boards and sub-entities

13

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
Rockford Public Schools 31.0726 $5,056 49.2650
Lowell Area Schools 30.6770 $4,991 48.4222
Forest Hills Public Schools 29.7572 $4,841 47.7572

Rates differ within Cannon Township because parts of it are in different school districts (Forest Hills Public Schools, Lowell Area Schools and Rockford Public 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

Rockford Public Schools · 31.0726 primary homes, 49.2650 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 9.8044; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 18.9968.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Rockford 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
Voted Operating Cannon Township 1.8783 $306 1.8783
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
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Cannon Township 0.7229 $118 0.7229
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
Zoo and Museum Kent County 0.4134 $67 0.4134
Ready by Five Kent County 0.2476 $40 0.4400
ISD Allocated Operating Kent ISD 0.0841 $14 0.0841
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Lowell Area Schools · 30.6770 primary homes, 48.4222 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.0704, winter 9.6066; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 29.9430, winter 18.4792.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Lowell 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 Cannon Township 1.8783 $306 1.8783
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Building and Site Lowell Area Schools 0.9581 $156 0.9581
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Cannon Township 0.7229 $118 0.7229
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) Lowell Area Schools 0.0000 $0 17.7452
Forest Hills Public Schools · 29.7572 primary homes, 47.7572 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 17.0913, winter 12.6659; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 17.0913, winter 30.6659.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Forest Hills Public Schools 6.0500 $984 6.0500
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 Cannon Township 1.8783 $306 1.8783
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Extra Voted Millage Forest Hills Public Schools 0.9883 $161 0.9883
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Cannon Township 0.7229 $118 0.7229
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) Forest 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 $4,841–$5,056 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $423 goes to Cannon Township (8–9%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Cannon Township's 3 tax areas rank 49th, 53rd and 61st 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
  • Cannon Township Rockford Public Schools 31.0726 mills $5,056

    Cannon Township with Rockford Public Schools: 31.0726 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 2.6012, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,056 a year for a new buyer

  • Cannon Township Lowell Area Schools 30.6770 mills $4,991

    Cannon Township with Lowell Area Schools: 30.6770 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 7.9581, City, township or village 2.6012, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,991 a year for a new buyer

  • Cannon Township Forest Hills Public Schools 29.7572 mills $4,841

    Cannon Township with Forest Hills Public Schools: 29.7572 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 7.0383, City, township or village 2.6012, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,841 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
Cannon Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 2.6012 1.0832 31.0726 $5,056
Cannon Township, Lowell Area Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 7.9581 2.6012 1.0832 30.6770 $4,991
Cannon Township, Forest Hills Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 7.0383 2.6012 1.0832 29.7572 $4,841

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 Cannon 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 1.8783 $306 1.8783 3
Allocated or Charter Operating 0.7229 $118 0.7229 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 March.

Revenue

$8.2M

all funds

Spending

$5.8M

all funds

Spending per resident

$397

2024 population: 14,627

General fund spending

$2.6M

budget: $3.1M

Spending by purpose

All funds. Share of $5,803,581 in total.

  • Public safety $1,720,079 30%
    Police/Sheriff/Constable $357,453
    Fire $1,062,983
    Building Inspection & Regulation Activities $299,643
  • Public works $1,453,283 25%
    Public Works (Non-Act 51) $268,816
    Water and/or Sewer Systems $992,899
    Public Transportation $3,220
    All Other Public Works $188,348
  • General government $1,328,961 23%
    Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $37,761
    Chief Executive $104,700
    Treasurer $179,336
    Clerk $175,871
    Assessing Equalization $123,860
    Elections $175,680
    Building and Grounds $75,729
    Attorney/Corporation Counsel $59,543
    All Other General Government $396,481
  • Capital outlay, debt service and other $948,708 16%
    Capital Outlay $622,095
    Debt Service $138,422
    Depreciation $188,191
  • Recreation and culture $207,280 4%
    Parks and Recreation $190,523
    Various Cultural Activities, Fine Arts, Historical Society, Museums, etc. $16,757
  • Community and economic development $145,270 3%
    Community Planning and Zoning $145,270

Revenue by source

All funds. Share of $8,235,191 in total.

  • Taxes $2,733,115 33%
    Trailer Taxes (Act 243 of 1959) $162
    Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $2,732,953
  • Charges for services $1,769,880 21%
    All Other Services Rendered Charges $1,769,880
  • State grants $1,655,961 20%
    State Revenue Sharing $1,608,784
    Public Safety $31,000
    Streets and Highways (Non-Act 51) $14,675
    Other General/All Other State Aid Grants $1,502
  • Interest and rents $673,429 8%
    Interest & Dividends $659,875
    Rents & Royalties $13,554
  • Federal grants $507,620 6%
    Public Safety $103,241
    All Other Federal Aid Grants $404,379
  • Other revenue $470,998 6%
    Public and Private Contributions $31,000
    Miscellaneous Other Revenue $439,998
  • Licenses and permits $335,836 4%
    Business Licenses and Permits $329,349
    Non-Business Licenses and Permits $6,487
  • Special assessments $88,352 1%
    Special Assessments $88,352

"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 $8,235,191 $5,803,581 $2,592,212 $4,929,513
2024 $8,342,519 $7,241,267 $3,597,316 $5,196,184
2023 $7,328,569 $5,776,990 $2,060,320 $5,442,855
2022 $5,591,280 $4,841,153 $2,183,928 $5,658,755
2021 $6,613,163 $5,978,492 $3,419,478 $5,965,766
2020 $5,044,649 $4,348,107 $2,318,182 $6,139,439
2019 $5,051,056 $3,983,900 $1,951,187 $6,285,454
2018 $5,247,964 $4,216,162 $1,833,981 $6,461,878
2017 $4,418,485 $3,473,343 $1,703,332 $6,625,291
2016 $4,301,606 $4,170,818 $1,791,350 $10,495,003

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
$4,929,513
General fund balance at year end
$4,526,700
Of which unassigned
$4,159,532

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
29
Combined public safety
—
All other staff
72
Wages and salaries
$1,455,458

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

5 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 March 31, 2025 as received, sent July 30, 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 July 30, 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 July 30, 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 July 30, 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

  • Found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    Forms & Applications (main menu) lists "FOIA Policy" (/forms-applications/foia-policy) and "FOIA Summary" (/forms-applications/foia-summary), from the Clerk. The homepage has no FOIA link; found through the site search.

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

Good practice

7 found · 4 not found

  • Found: Current budget posted

    Treasurer > Annual Budgets posts the 2026-2027 budget ("proposed approved") for the fiscal year in progress (April 2026 to March 2027).

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

  • Found: Budgets for the past three years posted

    Annual Budgets posts the 2025-2026, 2024-2025 and 2023-2024 budgets (and back to 2019-2020).

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

  • Found: Latest audit posted

    Treasurer > Audits posts "2025 FS Audit" (fiscal year ended March 31, 2025) and the audits back to 2015.

    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 the Treasurer page 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

    The CivicWeb portal (linked from the township site as Agendas & Minutes) lists the upcoming Township Board meeting dates through December 14, 2026. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the portal's 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 CivicWeb portal lists every Township Board meeting from October 13, 2025 to September 14, 2026 as published, twice a month, each with an agenda and agenda packet (checked October 13, 2025, January 12, 2026, April 13, 2026 and August 10, 2026). Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the portal's 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 CivicWeb portal's Document Center > Minutes > Township Board posts adopted minutes for every board meeting from September 8, 2025 to August 24, 2026. Read page by page in the publisher's Chrome: the portal's 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 linked to a page with an email address.

    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; the monthly Treasurer Reports (June 2026 opened 2026-09-27) are account balance reports without payees.

    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, Treasurer, Clerk, Open Positions or Forms & Applications 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 Township Board, Treasurer, Clerk or Forms & Applications pages.

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

About

Type
Township

Codes

Census of Governments ID
167077
Census GEOID (county subdivision)
2608113080
Michigan Treasury unit code
411070

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.