How Laketown is run
Laketown spent $4.7 million in the year to March 31, 2023, about $774 per resident.
What stands out about how Laketown is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $774 per resident a year, or $2.12 a day
The biggest line: parks & libraries, at 14% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Hamilton Community Schools
Laketown’s K–12 school district, shared with Fillmore, Overisel, Manlius, Heath, Salem and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,452 per pupil, $9,827 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Michigan districts overall: 34% local, 57% state, 9% federal.
Saugatuck Public Schools · $15,589 per pupil
Holland City School District · $19,794 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Per resident, spending is up 16% since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
Who’s in charge in Laketown
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Laketown yet. Neighbors can add them.
One full-time town employee for every 605 residents
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
The typical homeowner pays $3,777 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.95% of the home’s value, vs 1.25% across Michigan.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Laketown’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
How Laketown’s budget compares
Laketown ranks 4th lowest of 5 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Laketown.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Michigan HouseState representatives
- 3Michigan SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Michigan
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Laketown’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Laketown is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.