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Village of Caledonia

Kent County

Village of Caledonia is a village in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 37.76 mills in property tax; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 55.76 mills. It levied property tax in 1 tax area in 2025. In fiscal year 2025 it reported $1.7 million in spending across all its funds. It has 5 boards and sub-entities.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

37.76

mills in 2025 · 1 tax area · about $6,143 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

55.76

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

1

in 1 tax area

Boards and sub-entities

5

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
Caledonia Community Schools 37.7562 $6,143 55.7562

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

Caledonia Community Schools · 37.7562 primary homes, 55.7562 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 28.5353, winter 9.2209; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 37.5353, winter 18.2209.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
Allocated or Charter Operating Village of Caledonia 7.9440 $1,292 7.9440
School Debt Caledonia Community 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 Caledonia Charter Township 2.0373 $331 2.0373
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
Allocated or Charter Operating Caledonia Charter Township 0.6572 $107 0.6572
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) Caledonia Community 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 $6,143 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $1,292 goes to the Village of Caledonia (21%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Its total rate for primary homes ranks 23rd highest of Kent County's 94 tax areas. See every area

  • State
  • County
  • ISD and college
  • School district
  • City, township or village
  • Library, transit and other
  • Village of Caledonia Caledonia Community Schools 37.7562 mills $6,143

    Village of Caledonia with Caledonia Community Schools: 37.7562 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 7.0000, City, township or village 10.6385, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $6,143 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
Village of Caledonia, Caledonia Community Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 7.0000 10.6385 1.0832 37.7562 $6,143

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 Village of Caledonia 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 7.9440 $1,292 7.9440 1

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

$1.8M

all funds

Spending

$1.7M

all funds

Spending per resident

$975

2024 population: 1,786

General fund spending

$1M

budget: $1M

Spending by purpose

All funds. Share of $1,742,066 in total.

  • Public works $680,890 39%
    Public Works (Non-Act 51) $476,655
    Road Commission/Street Dept. (Act 51) $185,743
    Water and/or Sewer Systems $18,492
  • Capital outlay, debt service and other $639,594 37%
    Capital Outlay $597,386
    Debt Service $42,208
  • General government $299,785 17%
    Legislative (Council, Board, Commission) $24,876
    Chief Executive $104,435
    Treasurer $6,108
    Clerk $55,576
    Finance and Tax Administration $7,298
    Building and Grounds $25,184
    Attorney/Corporation Counsel $50,692
    All Other General Government $25,616
  • Community and economic development $6,021 <1%
    Community Planning and Zoning $6,021
  • Recreation and culture $3,523 <1%
    Parks and Recreation $3,523
  • Transfers out and special items $112,253 6%
    Transfers (Out) $112,253

Revenue by source

All funds. Share of $1,826,293 in total.

  • Taxes $717,487 39%
    Property Tax (includes, delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, fees, community wide special assessments) $717,487
  • State grants $590,361 32%
    State Revenue Sharing $178,179
    Streets and Highways (Act 51) $217,031
    Streets and Highways (Non-Act 51) $191,031
    Other General/All Other State Aid Grants $4,120
  • Interest and rents $211,266 12%
    Interest & Dividends $143,652
    Rents & Royalties $67,614
  • Federal grants $167,475 9%
    All Other Federal Aid Grants $167,475
  • Other revenue $19,604 1%
    Reimbursements $3,765
    Sale of Capital Assets $9,200
    Miscellaneous Other Revenue $6,639
  • Licenses and permits $7,847 <1%
    Business Licenses and Permits $6,655
    Non-Business Licenses and Permits $1,192
  • Borrowing and transfers in $112,253 6%
    Transfers In $112,253

"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 Village, Michigan Department of Treasury, retrieved November 3, 2026.

Revenue and spending, fiscal years 2017–2025

All funds, as filed each year.

Revenue Spending
The figures as a table
Fiscal year Revenue Spending General fund spending Long-term debt
2025 $1,826,293 $1,742,066 $1,026,926 $80,000
2024 $1,243,258 $882,309 $743,956 $120,000
2023 $1,116,660 $712,438 $550,592 $160,000
2022 $1,063,583 $729,963 $494,819 $200,000
2021 $977,130 $631,921 $444,147 $305,000
2020 $1,174,366 $1,326,148 $885,656 $405,000
2019 $1,241,812 $1,062,986 $594,022 $505,000
2018 $1,281,598 $1,123,632 $542,126 $610,000
2017 $1,119,734 $1,093,895 $487,997 $710,000

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
$80,000
General fund balance at year end
$2,370,649
Of which unassigned
$2,368,724

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
—
Combined public safety
—
All other staff
25
Wages and salaries
$286,419

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 Village, 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 June 30, 2025 as received, sent December 4, 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 4, 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 November 25, 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 November 25, 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

  • Found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    The Document Center (Government menu) has a FOIA tab listing "FOIA Procedures & Guidelines" (FOIA-Proceedures-and-Guidelines.pdf) and "FOIA Summary" (FOIA-Summary.pdf); the site search for "FOIA" shows both.

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

Good practice

6 found · 5 not found

  • Found: Current budget posted

    Village Council Agenda & Minutes posts, with the May 29, 2026 special meeting, the "Budget Report" and "Revenue Budget" showing FY 26-27 budgeted amounts (opened 2026-09-27), for the fiscal year in progress (July 2026 to June 2027).

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

  • Not found: Budgets for the past three years posted

    Document Center > Budgets posts the 2025-2026 and 2023-2024 budgets, but no 2024-2025 budget.

    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 in the Document Center or on the Village Council pages (the monthly Dashboard is a fund summary).

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

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

    The budgets 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

    Village Council says regular meetings are held "on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 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

    Village Council Agenda & Minutes posts an agenda for every council 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

    Village Council Agenda & Minutes posts minutes for every council meeting from September 8, 2025 to August 10, 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

    Officials and Village Council name the president and six trustees, each with a "Contact me" form, and a trustee contact form.

    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 Dashboard – Fund Summary has fund totals, not 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.

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

  • Found: Current contracts posted

    Found on the second reading (the site's sitemap): Document Center posts "Sewer System Contract", Resolution R15-18 with the Combined Caledonia Sewer System Contract between the Village and Caledonia Charter Township attached, whose term runs to the 30th anniversary of its effective date (Section 30; opened 2026-09-27).

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

About

Type
Village

Codes

Census of Governments ID
166706
Census GEOID (place)
2612480
Michigan Treasury unit code
413010

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.