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Plainfield Charter Township

TownshipKent County

Plainfield Charter Township is a charter township in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 28.95–35.18 mills in property tax, depending on the school district; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 46.95–53.18 mills. It levied property tax in 4 tax areas in 2025. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $36 million in spending across all its funds. It has 11 boards and sub-entities.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

28.95–35.18

mills in 2025 · 4 tax areas · about $4,711–$5,723 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

46.95–53.18

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

2

in 4 tax areas

Boards and sub-entities

11

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 35.1781 $5,723 53.1781
Rockford Public Schools 32.6362 $5,310 50.6362
Northview Public Schools 32.4003 $5,272 50.4003
Kenowa Hills Public Schools 28.9525 $4,711 46.9525

Rates differ within Plainfield Charter Township because parts of it are in different school districts (Comstock Park Public Schools, Kenowa Hills Public Schools, Northview Public 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

Comstock Park Public Schools · 35.1781 primary homes, 53.1781 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 27.9869, winter 7.1912; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 45.9869, winter 7.1912.

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
Allocated or Charter Operating Plainfield Charter Township 3.7000 $602 3.7000
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
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Voted Operating Plainfield Charter Township 0.4648 $76 0.4648
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
Rockford Public Schools · 32.6362 primary homes, 50.6362 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 11.3680; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 20.3680.

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
Allocated or Charter Operating Plainfield Charter Township 3.7000 $602 3.7000
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
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
Voted Operating Plainfield Charter Township 0.4648 $76 0.4648
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) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Northview Public Schools · 32.4003 primary homes, 50.4003 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 25.2091, winter 7.1912; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 43.2091, winter 7.1912.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Northview Public Schools 6.3080 $1,026 6.3080
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
Allocated or Charter Operating Plainfield Charter Township 3.7000 $602 3.7000
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Building and Site Northview Public Schools 1.1257 $183 1.1257
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
Extra Voted Millage Northview Public Schools 0.6841 $111 0.6841
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Voted Operating Plainfield Charter Township 0.4648 $76 0.4648
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) Northview Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Kenowa Hills Public Schools · 28.9525 primary homes, 46.9525 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.7613, winter 7.1912; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 39.7613, winter 7.1912.

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
Allocated or Charter Operating Plainfield Charter Township 3.7000 $602 3.7000
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
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Voted Operating Plainfield Charter Township 0.4648 $76 0.4648
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 $4,711–$5,723 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $678 goes to Plainfield Charter Township (12–14%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Plainfield Charter Township's 4 tax areas rank between 28th and 74th 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
  • Plainfield Charter Township Comstock Park Public Schools 35.1781 mills $5,723

    Plainfield Charter Township with Comstock Park Public Schools: 35.1781 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 10.8956, City, township or village 4.1648, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,723 a year for a new buyer

  • Plainfield Charter Township Rockford Public Schools 32.6362 mills $5,310

    Plainfield Charter Township with Rockford Public Schools: 32.6362 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 4.1648, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,310 a year for a new buyer

  • Plainfield Charter Township Northview Public Schools 32.4003 mills $5,272

    Plainfield Charter Township with Northview Public Schools: 32.4003 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.1178, City, township or village 4.1648, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,272 a year for a new buyer

  • Plainfield Charter Township Kenowa Hills Public Schools 28.9525 mills $4,711

    Plainfield Charter Township with Kenowa Hills Public Schools: 28.9525 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 4.6700, City, township or village 4.1648, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,711 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
Plainfield Charter Township, Comstock Park Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 10.8956 4.1648 1.0832 35.1781 $5,723
Plainfield Charter Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 4.1648 1.0832 32.6362 $5,310
Plainfield Charter Township, Northview Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.1178 4.1648 1.0832 32.4003 $5,272
Plainfield Charter Township, Kenowa Hills Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 4.6700 4.1648 1.0832 28.9525 $4,711

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 Plainfield Charter 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
Allocated or Charter Operating 3.7000 $602 3.7000 4
Voted Operating 0.4648 $76 0.4648 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 December.

Revenue

$52.7M

all funds

Spending

$36M

all funds

Spending per resident

$1,037

2024 population: 34,692

General fund spending

$15.4M

budget: $15.8M

Spending by purpose

All funds. Share of $35,985,628 in total.

  • Public works $12,468,235 35%
    Public Works (Non-Act 51) $753,987
    Water and/or Sewer Systems $11,431,099
    All Other Public Works $283,149
  • Capital outlay, debt service and other $8,395,599 23%
    Capital Outlay $3,629,991
    Debt Service $379,558
    Depreciation $4,386,050
  • Public safety $6,121,953 17%
    Police/Sheriff/Constable $1,439,102
    Fire $4,064,380
    Building Inspection & Regulation Activities $618,471
  • General government $4,730,195 13%
    Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $33,794
    Chief Executive $606,997
    Treasurer $63,660
    Clerk $250,713
    Assessing Equalization $489,158
    Finance and Tax Administration $753,254
    Elections $88,421
    Building and Grounds $726,458
    All Other General Government $1,717,740
  • Recreation and culture $834,909 2%
    Parks and Recreation $431,095
    Library $209,863
    Various Cultural Activities, Fine Arts, Historical Society, Museums, etc. $123,559
    All Other Recreation and Culture $70,392
  • Transfers out and special items $3,434,737 10%
    Transfers (Out) $3,434,737

Revenue by source

All funds. Share of $52,718,923 in total.

  • Other revenue $17,605,789 33%
    Reimbursements $795,478
    Sale of Capital Assets $20,534
    Public and Private Contributions $16,588,908
    Miscellaneous Other Revenue $200,869
  • Charges for services $17,103,003 32%
    All Other Services Rendered Charges $17,100,704
    All Other Sales, Use, & Admission Fees $2,299
  • Taxes $8,415,209 16%
    Payment in-Lieu-of Taxes (PILOT) $4,062
    Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $8,411,147
  • State grants $4,083,250 8%
    State Revenue Sharing $3,845,153
    Other General/All Other State Aid Grants $238,097
  • Interest and rents $1,389,458 3%
    Interest & Dividends $1,282,200
    Rents & Royalties $107,258
  • Licenses and permits $422,320 1%
    Business Licenses and Permits $422,320
  • Fines and forfeits $99,729 <1%
    All Fines, Penalties & Forfeits $99,729
  • From other local governments $99,054 <1%
    General Government $1,536
    Street and Highways $40,126
    Culture and Recreation $50,262
    Housing & Community Development $7,130
  • Special assessments $65,834 <1%
    Special Assessments $65,834
  • Federal grants $540 <1%
    Public Safety $540
  • Borrowing and transfers in $3,434,737 7%
    Transfers In $3,434,737

"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 $52,718,923 $35,985,628 $15,364,920 $17,457,705
2024 $37,564,488 $32,576,752 $13,598,535 $18,876,687
2023 $47,323,314 $35,519,303 $12,562,307 $20,261,751
2022 $42,424,654 $27,907,245 $10,443,497 $21,966,607
2021 $38,940,564 $26,042,326 $9,247,362 $23,632,590
2020 $33,978,849 $24,999,654 $9,434,135 $15,094,851
2019 $22,397,108 $22,367,736 $9,137,402 $19,189,622
2018 $22,402,141 $22,114,008 $9,493,170 $17,677,481
2017 $21,195,940 $18,975,659 $7,860,335 $19,178,071
2016 $26,386,145 $19,331,685 $7,516,748 $19,275,399

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
$17,457,705
General fund balance at year end
$5,434,781
Of which unassigned
$5,288,129

Pensions and retiree health care

Unfunded pension liability
—
Pension funded, general employees
—
Pension funded, police and fire
—
Unfunded retiree health care (OPEB)
$1,102,921

Staff

Police
—
Fire
38
Combined public safety
—
All other staff
71
Wages and salaries
$9,572,642

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

6 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 December 31, 2025 as received, sent June 29, 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 June 29, 2026, within six months of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (due June 30, 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 December 31, 2025 as received, sent June 29, 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 June 29, 2026, within six months of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (due June 30, 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 (Government > Government Transparency; the homepage has no FOIA link) links "FOIA Procedures and Guidelines (Revised 04.16.2026)" and "FOIA Public Summary (Revised 04.16.2026)". The site search also shows the earlier PDFs, whose text begins "FOIA Procedures and Guidelines" and "Public Summary of FOIA Procedures and Guidelines". The page was located through the site search at /Search, which the site's robots.txt disallows for automated readers; see the research note.

    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.

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

Good practice

6 found · 6 not found

  • Not found: Current budget posted

    Township Budget History posts budgets through the 2025 Budget; no budget for the fiscal year in progress (calendar 2026) was found.

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

  • Found: Budgets for the past three years posted

    Township Budget History posts the 2025, 2024 and 2023 budgets (and back to 2019).

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

  • Found: Latest audit posted

    Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) posts the 2025 ACFR (fiscal year ended December 31, 2025) and earlier years.

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

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

    The budgets in Township Budget History 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

    Board of Trustees says "The Board meets on the second Monday of every month at 6 p.m."

    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 CivicClerk agendas and minutes portal (linked from Meeting Agendas and Minutes) posts an agenda for every Board of Trustees meeting from September 8, 2025 to September 14, 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

    The CivicClerk portal posts minutes for every Board of Trustees meeting from September 8, 2025 to August 24, 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, each linked to a directory entry 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 on the Government, Financial Documents or archive 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 Government or Employment and Committee Opportunities 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 pages or Bid Postings.

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

  • Not found: Labor agreements posted

    Its FY2025 audit filed with Treasury names members of the International Association of Fire Fighters union among its employees; no labor agreement is posted on the township's site.

    Read September 27, 2026 from State records · Evidence for Labor agreements posted

About

Type
Charter Township

Codes

Census of Governments ID
167081
Census GEOID (county subdivision)
2608164660
Michigan Treasury unit code
411160

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.