Taxable value of property throughout Berrien County rose in 2024, although at a slower rate than it rose in 2023. That’s what the Berrien County Board of Commissioners heard during its annual Equalization Report from Equalization Director Warren Parrish this week.
“Looking at an overall 7.6% increase, which is down considerably from last year’s 16% overall increase,” Parrish said. “By far the largest contributor to that is the market’s tapering off property values are still going up. They’re just not going up as quickly as, as significantly as they have over our last couple of cycles.”
And so far for 2025, the trend continues.
“This year we’re looking at a overall 3.46% change, which is down from last year’s 7.36%.”
Parrish reported the country’s total taxable value this year at an estimated $10.65 billion dollars across all properties. Meanwhile, the equalized value of all properties in Berrien County so far this year is about $15 billion, up 7% from 2024.
The equalized value is the number the county gets after reviewing local assessments and adjusting them if they’re above or below the state constitutional 50% level of assessment.
