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Reliance on Personal Property Taxation

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

Kent 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
Ada Twp $154.163 $25.511 16.5% $507.618 $98.122 19.3% $72.610 284.6%
Algoma Twp $57.282 $3.177 5.5% $174.164 $8.679 5.0% $5.502 173.2%
Alpine Charter Twp $108.695 $8.685 8.0% $271.366 $19.062 7.0% $10.377 119.5%
Bowne Twp $29.419 $1.611 5.5% $82.316 $6.665 8.1% $5.054 313.6%
Byron Twp $149.237 $16.772 11.2% $445.714 $51.623 11.6% $34.852 207.8%
Caledonia Charter Twp $85.517 $4.768 5.6% $267.300 $17.490 6.5% $12.721 266.8%
Cannon Twp $105.745 $4.596 4.3% $339.499 $9.786 2.9% $5.190 112.9%
Cascade Charter Twp $401.759 $51.290 12.8% $947.400 $110.718 11.7% $59.428 115.9%
Cedar Springs City $17.517 $2.010 11.5% $40.750 $7.047 17.3% $5.036 250.5%
Courtland Twp $46.314 $1.505 3.2% $137.285 $3.865 2.8% $2.360 156.8%
East Grand Rapids City $194.776 $4.066 2.1% $368.923 $6.020 1.6% $1.954 48.1%
Gaines Charter Twp $119.051 $7.264 6.1% $387.461 $24.614 6.4% $17.350 238.9%
Grand Rapids Charter Twp $177.464 $12.503 7.0% $474.483 $24.396 5.1% $11.893 95.1%
Grand Rapids City $1,929.484 $293.343 15.2% $3,352.725 $458.777 13.7% $165.433 56.4%
Grandville City $213.680 $21.058 9.9% $432.240 $52.049 12.0% $30.992 147.2%
Grattan Twp $36.099 $0.687 1.9% $94.679 $3.082 3.3% $2.395 348.5%
Kentwood City $602.128 $88.300 14.7% $1,419.397 $244.124 17.2% $155.824 176.5%
Lowell Charter Twp $43.743 $1.817 4.2% $101.986 $4.130 4.0% $2.313 127.3%
Lowell City $42.990 $9.313 21.7% $87.735 $15.105 17.2% $5.793 62.2%
Nelson Twp $28.694 $1.268 4.4% $72.161 $3.010 4.2% $1.742 137.4%
Oakfield Twp $35.435 $1.148 3.2% $101.268 $2.742 2.7% $1.594 138.9%
Plainfield Charter Twp $291.857 $23.421 8.0% $699.179 $48.661 7.0% $25.240 107.8%
Rockford City $41.960 $7.501 17.9% $117.374 $20.465 17.4% $12.964 172.8%
Solon Twp $30.525 $2.895 9.5% $82.243 $4.111 5.0% $1.216 42.0%
Sparta Twp $82.781 $10.906 13.2% $166.718 $19.609 11.8% $8.703 79.8%
Spencer Twp $27.267 $0.807 3.0% $73.433 $2.939 4.0% $2.132 264.2%
Tyrone Twp $35.355 $2.556 7.2% $73.247 $5.683 7.8% $3.127 122.3%
Vergennes Twp $37.677 $5.842 15.5% $107.800 $11.843 11.0% $6.002 102.7%
Walker City $279.797 $63.076 22.5% $653.932 $115.128 17.6% $52.052 82.5%
Wyoming City $871.830 $157.469 18.1% $1,567.304 $253.860 16.2% $96.392 61.2%
Total $6,278.238 $835.163 13.3% $13,647.702 $1,653.403 12.1% $818.240 98.0%

11 municipalities increased their reliance on personal property and 19 decreased.

Source: Michigan State Tax Commission, 1988 and 1998 Taxable Valuations.