Bay County property tax rates, 2025

Combined rates for each of 19 places, lowest first. Each page shows the rate of every taxing unit that makes up the total.

Lowest combined rate
29.9121Gibson Township
Highest combined rate
48.8749Essexville
Places
192025
Gibson Township 2 29.9121 30.4121
Pinconning Township 2 30.037 30.537
Kawkawlin Township 2 31.4726 31.8392
Frankenlust Township 2 32.2726 32.4193
Mt Forest Township 1 32.6198 32.6198
Beaver Township 2 33.9134 34.280
Portsmouth Township 1 34.0031 34.0031
Garfield Township 1 34.0694 34.0694
Monitor Township 1 34.1609 34.1609
Bangor Township 1 34.7466 34.7466
Merritt Township 2 36.530 37.0492
Hampton Township 2 36.8915 38.7851
Williams Township 1 37.149 37.149
Fraser Township 1 37.4995 37.4995
Midland 1 44.9065 44.9065
Pinconning 1 46.3093 46.3093
Bay City 2 46.7281 46.9115
Auburn 1 47.2017 47.2017
Essexville 1 48.8749 48.8749

Rates are mills (dollars per $1,000 of taxable value), 2025.

Source: Michigan Department of Treasury, 2025 Total Property Tax Rates in Michigan. Retrieved 2026-10-27.

Property tax in Bay County

In 2025, combined rates in Bay County run from 29.9121 in Gibson Township to 48.8749 in Essexville, mills (dollars per $1,000 of taxable value). On an assessed value of $300,000, that's $8,974 to $14,662 a year before credits or relief.

Choose a place above to see each rate that makes up its total and estimate a bill, or read the Michigan property tax guide.