Oakland County · Official 2025 state millage

Walled Lake property taxes & housing data

Walled Lake is taxed at 40.9991 mills across 1 school district. That is 6.62 mills above the Oakland County median and 8.39 mills above the Southeast Michigan median — the 41st lowest of 52 municipalities in the county, and 169 of 236 region-wide.

Rates by school district

School districtHomesteadNon-homestead$250,000$350,000$500,000
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools40.999158.6571$5,125$7,175$10,250

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.

One district, one rate. All of Walled Lake sits in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, so the rate does not change by address. What still changes is your bill: it is set on the uncapped value the year after you buy, not on the seller's capped amount.

How Walled Lake compares in Oakland County

Municipality Lowest millageAnnual tax on $350,000
Pontiac38.3748$6,716
Farmington Hills39.4568$6,905
Northville39.9709$6,995
Keego Harbor40.2912$7,051
Walled Lake40.9991$7,175
South Lyon42.1483$7,376
Huntington Woods43.6735$7,643
Farmington44.5448$7,795
Pleasant Ridge46.0062$8,051

← Keego Harbor (lower)  ·  South Lyon (higher) →

What it's like to own in Walled Lake

Housing stock

1964

average year built · 1,516 sqft average across 1,254 single-family homes

SEMCOG Buildings_2024

Lead in drinking water

0 ppb

90th percentile for Walled Lake, City Of · below Michigan's 12 ppb action level. Standard sampling — not comparable to systems that sample at the fifth liter.

EGLE / MDHHS water-system monitoring, periods ending 2025-12-31

Radon

3.85 pCi/L

average across 362 home tests · 39% above the EPA 4 pCi/L action level — elevated. ZIP 48390.

MDHHS indoor radon test results by ZIP

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.

Common questions

What is the property tax rate in Walled Lake, Michigan?

Walled Lake is taxed at 40.9991 mills for a homestead (principal residence) under the official 2025 Michigan Department of Treasury millage report. On a $350,000 home at the uncapped taxable value that is about $7,175 a year.

Does the tax rate change by address within Walled Lake?

No. All of Walled Lake sits in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, so the millage is 40.9991 at every address in the municipality. Your bill still changes after you buy, because it is recalculated on the uncapped taxable value rather than the seller's capped one.

How much are property taxes on a $350,000 home in Walled Lake?

About $7,175 a year at the homestead rate. Michigan taxes the taxable value, not the sale price, and after a sale that value uncaps to roughly half what you paid — so $350,000 is taxed on about $175,000.

Why is the tax bill on a Walled Lake listing lower than what I would pay?

Because the figure on the listing is the seller's. Michigan caps annual taxable-value growth while an owner keeps the property, and that cap is removed the year after it sells. The longer the seller owned it, the further their bill sits below yours.

How does Walled Lake compare with the rest of Oakland County?

It is the 41 lowest of 52 municipalities in Oakland County and 169 of 236 across the eight-county region — 6.62 mills above the county median.

Run your own numbers

What your Walled Lake taxes become after you buy

Michigan taxable value uncaps the year after a sale and resets to roughly half the purchase price. The calculator below is already set to Walled Lake — enter a price and the seller's current taxable value.

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Uncapping calculator

When a Michigan home changes hands, its taxable value uncaps the following year and resets to roughly half the sale price. Buyers routinely get blindsided by a bill that's thousands higher than the listing showed. Here's your actual number.

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What your taxes become after you buy

Enter the purchase price and the property's current taxable value (it's on the listing, the assessor's site, or we'll pull it for you).

236 municipalities across the 8-county Southeast Michigan region.
Most cities span several districts, and the rate difference between them can exceed 10 mills. This is the step every other calculator skips.
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Non-homestead adds roughly 18 mills of school operating tax.
Your annual tax increase
Seller pays today
Your new taxable value
You'll pay after uncapping
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Why this matters: the increase hits in the tax year after your closing — so your first year looks fine and year two jumps. Lenders often escrow off the seller's old bill, which creates a shortage and a payment increase you didn't plan for.

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