Columbus Township property taxes & housing data

By Cyrus Wheeler, Broker/Owner · Updated September 29, 2026 · Michigan Dept. of Treasury 2025 Total Rates

Rates by school district

Homestead (PRE) applies to your primary residence. Non-homestead applies to rentals and second homes. Dollar columns are the annual bill at the uncapped taxable value — half the purchase price — at the homestead rate.

How Columbus Township compares in St. Clair County

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For sale in Columbus Township right now

12 active listings in Columbus Township — the 6 newest below. Remember: every one of them uncaps the year after closing, so the bill you should budget is the uncapped one above, not the seller's.

$339,900

7592 Rattle Run RD · Columbus Township

3 bd · 2 ba · 1,906 sqft

Listing courtesy of St. Clair Realty

$849,900

9961 Dolan RD · Columbus Township

4 bd · 4 ba · 6,450 sqft

Listing courtesy of Wessel Realty

$359,000

8760 Gratiot RD · Columbus Township

4 bd · 2 ba · 1,972 sqft

Listing courtesy of RE/MAX First

$40,000

138 Applewood LN · Columbus Township

3 bd · 2 ba

Listing courtesy of KW Platinum

$359,800

10428 Carroll RD · Columbus Township

3 bd · 2 ba · 1,498 sqft

Listing courtesy of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kee Realty NB

$550,000

8828 Meskill STS · Columbus Township

4 bd · 3 ba · 2,554 sqft

Listing courtesy of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kee Realty SCS

IDX provided courtesy of Realcomp II Ltd. via Match Realty LLC and MiRealSource, Realcomp II Ltd, ©2026 Realcomp II Ltd. Shareholders. The accuracy of all information, regardless of source, is not guaranteed or warranted. All information should be independently verified. Listings refreshed 2026-11-03T21:03+00:00; refreshed at least twice daily.

Compare Columbus Township with another community

Columbus Township has 21 side-by-side comparisons, 19 of them with a community that shares a school district — same schools, different bill. Dollar columns are the annual homestead bill on a $350,000 home at the uncapped taxable value, and the last column is the difference against Columbus Township.

Look up, pay and appeal your Columbus Township taxes

Columbus Township bills twice a year. The summer bill is issued July 1 and the winter bill December 1; most communities make them due September 14 and February 14, and anything still unpaid on March 1 moves to the county treasurer as delinquent, with interest added monthly. Both bills are collected by the Columbus Township treasurer, so the balance on a specific parcel is on the city or township site first (most of Southeast Michigan uses BS&A Online for this) and on the county site once it is late.

• St. Clair County property tax & maps search — parcel and tax search for Saint Clair County addresses.
• St. Clair County Treasurer — where a bill goes once it is delinquent: balances, payment plans and the hardship deferral.
• Estimate a bill before you look one up — the figure on the current owner's statement is capped; this gives you the uncapped one.

Appealing the assessment

Assessment notices go out in late February. If the assessed value is more than half of what the house would actually sell for, the appeal runs in two steps and the first one cannot be skipped: the March Board of Review in Columbus Township (dates and the petition form are on the assessor's notice), then, if the board does not move, a petition to the Michigan Tax Tribunal by July 31 for residential property. The July and December boards do not re-value: they correct qualified errors (clerical mistakes, mutual mistakes of fact, a wrong principal residence exemption) and hear poverty exemptions. A successful appeal lowers the assessed value, not the millage — the 23.5871–29.3470 mills above apply to whatever value stands after it.

A home bought this year is a special case: the taxable value uncaps to the assessed value next year regardless of the appeal, so the number to check on the first notice after closing is the assessed value against the price you paid.

What it's like to own in Columbus Twp

Beyond the tax rate, three things shape what owning in Columbus Twp actually costs: the age of the homes, what the water utility reports at the tap, and what local air testing has turned up. Each figure below carries the date of the survey it came from.

Lead is measured at the water system, not the house — it cannot tell you whether a specific property has a lead service line. Radon is a ZIP-level test distribution, not a prediction for any one home; the EPA recommends testing every home regardless. Screening information only.

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