Property Tax & Income in Isabella County, Michigan
Isabella County has an effective property tax rate of 1.34%. On the median home value of $170,400, that's roughly $2,276 per year. Median household income is $55,237.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Isabella County | Michigan (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.34% | 1.09% |
| Median home value1 | $170,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 4.25% | top rate 4.25% |
| State sales tax3 | 6.00% combined | 6.00% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Isabella County, MI
Buying a home in Isabella County, Michigan, near Mount Pleasant, comes with a median price tag of $170,400 — a figure that shapes the tax bill as much as the rate itself. The county's effective property tax rate is 1.336%, above Michigan's 1.087% median and well above the national 0.794% median. That rate produces a median annual real-estate tax bill of $2,276. Against a median household income of $55,237, the yearly tax equals roughly four percent of what a household earns. The county ranks 14th of 83 Michigan counties for property tax rate, so buyers here pay more than most elsewhere in the state. Per-capita income sits at $30,707. Communities like Rosebush and Weidman share the county with Mount Pleasant. Affordability depends on weighing that lower median home value against a tax rate that runs above both state and national norms.