No city income tax in Clinton County's cities

Good news for your paycheck. None of Clinton County’s own cities charges a local income tax. That means St. Johns, DeWitt, and Ovid. In those cities you’ll pay property taxes. But you won’t pay a city tax on your wages on top of the state income tax.

Here’s one wrinkle if you’re house-hunting near Lansing. Small slivers of the cities of Lansing and East Lansing cross the county line. They reach into Clinton County’s southern edge. And both of those cities do charge a city income tax (about 1% for residents). So a specific address can turn out to sit inside the Lansing or East Lansing city limits — even up here in Clinton County. When it does, that city’s tax applies. Inside St. Johns, DeWitt, Ovid, and the county’s townships and villages, it does not.