CRC Online Almanac

Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

(1988 State Equalized Value and 1998 Taxable Value in millions of dollars)

Barry County	--------------1988--------------			--------------1998--------------			Personal Property 1988-1998
Municipalities	Total Property	Personal Property	Ratio of Personal to Total Property	Total Property	Personal Property	Ratio of Personal to Total Property	Dollar Change	Percent Change
Assyria Twp	$14.096	$0.497	3.5%	$35.140	$1.087	3.1%	$0.590	118.9%
Baltimore Twp	$15.579	$0.576	3.7%	$32.062	$1.271	4.0%	$0.694	120.5%
Barry Twp	$31.337	$1.617	5.2%	$71.987	$2.603	3.6%	$0.985	60.9%
Carlton Twp	$18.025	$0.610	3.4%	$40.038	$1.604	4.0%	$0.994	162.8%
Castleton Twp	$21.498	$1.183	5.5%	$42.372	$1.830	4.3%	$0.647	54.7%
Hastings City	$69.564	$11.549	16.6%	$138.304	$20.057	14.5%	$8.508	73.7%
Hastings Charter Twp	$22.246	$1.338	6.0%	$51.161	$4.610	9.0%	$3.272	244.5%
Hope Twp	$27.057	$0.904	3.3%	$66.779	$2.200	3.3%	$1.296	143.3%
Irving Twp	$16.499	$0.861	5.2%	$47.902	$1.566	3.3%	$0.705	81.9%
Johnstown Twp	$29.020	$1.176	4.1%	$62.097	$2.461	4.0%	$1.285	109.3%
Maple Grove Twp	$12.406	$0.447	3.6%	$26.193	$1.122	4.3%	$0.676	151.4%
Orangeville Twp	$31.253	$1.509	4.8%	$78.813	$3.257	4.1%	$1.749	115.9%
Prairieville Twp	$41.185	$1.529	3.7%	$94.684	$2.023	2.1%	$0.493	32.3%
Rutland Charter Twp	$30.014	$2.546	8.5%	$80.450	$6.987	8.7%	$4.440	174.4%
Thornapple Twp	$51.720	$5.413	10.5%	$136.069	$12.371	9.1%	$6.959	128.6%
Woodland Twp	$19.640	$0.906	4.6%	$43.764	$1.793	4.1%	$0.887	97.9%
Yankee Springs Twp	$54.780	$2.647	4.8%	$129.673	$5.276	4.1%	$2.629	99.3%
Totals	$505.920	$35.309	7.0%	$1,177.488	$72.119	6.1%	$36.810	104.3%

5 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property, 12 decreased.