IRON MOUNTAIN — Property tax rates in 2025 are mostly unchanged in Dickinson County, except for townships in the North Dickinson County School District where voters in August 2024 approved a sinking fund levy of up to 1 mill, or $1 per $1,000 of taxable value.

The new North Dickinson levy raises the total school debt/extra-voted millage in the district to 3 mills, up from 2 mills in 2024, according to the 2025 Apportionment Report released in October by Equalization Director Matthew Baumgartner. The sinking fund is for infrastructure needs, including buses.

Property owners in Breen Township will see an additional tax boost as the township’s extra-voted millage rises to 3.9788 mills, up from 2.9614 mills in 2024. The Breen rate has seesawed in recent years, as the extra-voted township levy in 2023 was 4.944 mills.

The total tax rate for a resident homeowner in Breen Township in 2025 is 27.2323 mills, an increase of 2.0196 mills, or $2.02 per $1,000 of taxable value. That’s a jump of 8%, following a 4.4% dip in 2024.

Other townships in the North Dickinson School District are Felch, Sagola and West Branch, where rates are up by 4% or slightly more.

School district extra-voted levies are unchanged elsewhere — 4 mills in Iron Mountain, 3 mills in Norway-Vulcan and 0.8967 in Breitung Township.

West Branch Township has the lowest total property tax rate for resident homeowners in the county at 23.8083 mills, or $23.81 per $1,000 of taxable value. That’s up 4.4% from a year ago.

The highest tax rate for resident homeowners will be paid in Iron Mountain, where the total rate of 44.2364 mills, or $44.24 per $1,000 of taxable value, is up by a tiny 0.0022 mills from 2024.

For a West Branch Township home with an assessed value of $100,000 and a taxable value of $50,000, the 2024 property tax bill for a resident homeowner amounts to $1,190. In Iron Mountain, a home of the same value would have a tax bill of $2,212.

The 2025 changes in tax rates are apart from inflationary increases property owners might see on their bills. The Michigan State Tax Commission inflation rate cap for valuations on properties this year is 3.1%, down from 5% in 2024. For 2026 it will be 2.7%.

Under Proposal A adopted by Michigan voters in 1994 the taxable value can go up based on the inflation rate in a year, or 5%, whichever is less. That limit applies only if there were no changes in homeownership or major renovations.

On an Iron Mountain home with a taxable value of $50,000 in 2024 and potentially $51,550 in 2025, the 3.1% inflation factor would amount to a tax increase of up to $69. In Breitung Township, where the millage rate is lower, the maximum inflationary tax increase on a similar home would be about $37.

Total 2025 tax rates for resident homeowners in each county municipality are:

— Breen Township, 27.2323 mills, up 2.0196 mills, an increase of 8%

— Breitung Township, 24.191 mills, up 0.0022 mills

— Felch Township, 25.2847 mills, up 1.0022 mills, an increase of 4.1%

— Norway Township, 26.3362 mills, down 0.0001 mills

— Sagola Township, 26.1812 mills, up 1.022 mills, an increase of 4%

— Waucedah Township, 26.3477 mills, up 0.0347 mills

— West Branch Township, 23.8083 mills, up 1.0022 mills, an increase of 4.4%

— City of Iron Mountain, 44.2364 mills, up 0.0022 mills

— City of Kingsford, 40.6888 mills, down 0.0178 mills

— City of Norway, 39.475 mills, down 0.0028 mills

Resident homeowners in the annexed portion of Iron Mountain within the Breitung Township School District will pay 41.1331 mills, up 0.0022 mills.

City government levies included in the above rates are:

— Iron Mountain, 21.1421 mills, the same as in 2024.

— Kingsford, 20.68 mills, a decline of 0.02 mills.

— Norway, 17.3807 mills, a decline of 0.005 mills.

Apart from minor decimal changes, county-wide millages are the same as a year ago. Those millages are: county operating, 6.1323 mills; state education tax, 6 mills; Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District, 3.144 mills; library, 0.9 mills; Bay College, 0.9987 mills; road commission, 0.4994 mills; health department, 0.42 mills; senior citizen programs, 0.4 mills; enhanced 911, 0.4 mills; veterans services office, 0.0999 mills; and health care benefits assistance, 0.1 mills.

Additional school taxes are levied for properties that do not qualify for Homestead exemptions. The non-Homestead school levies are: North Dickinson, 18 mills; Breitung Township, 18 mills; Norway-Vulcan, 17.8259 mills; and Iron Mountain, 17.8043 mills.

In the city of Iron Mountain, properties in the Downtown Development Authority district pay an additional levy of 2 mills.

According to the 2025 Apportionment Report, the total taxable value in Dickinson County is $1.17 billion, up from $1.11 billion in 2023, an increase of 5.4%.

Jim Anderson can be reached at 906-774-2772, ext. 85226, or janderson@ironmountaindailynews.com.