Home › States › Tennessee

Tennessee property tax by county

Typical rates and bills for every county, from the Census survey 2020-2024.

Estimate my bill
Typical rate0.50%ranks 43 of 51
Typical yearly bill$1,442US $3,119
State income taxNonetax year 2026
State sales tax7%before local taxes

Estimate your Tennessee property tax

Not sure of your home value?

Use what you paid if you bought recently, or the market value on your county tax bill or assessment notice (most county assessor websites let you search by address). Recent sales of similar homes nearby work too. The box starts at the typical home value, so you can also just press Calculate.

Estimated yearly property tax in
How we got this

Your city, school district and exemptions can move the real bill 10 to 20% either way.

If your home is worthYearly taxMonthly

How Tennessee changed in five years

Typical bill$1,190 → $1,442+21%
Median home value$167,200 → $286,700+71%
Typical rate0.71% → 0.50%-0.21 pts

Comparing the Census surveys for 2015-2019 and 2020-2024, which do not overlap. Home values rose faster than bills, so the effective rate went down, often because of caps on assessment increases or rate cuts.

Ways to lower your bill in Tennessee

  • Homestead exemption or credit. Tennessee homeowners can usually reduce the taxable value of the home they live in. You apply once with your county assessor, and the local deadline is often in the first months of the year. How homestead exemptions work
  • Senior, disability and veteran relief. Extra exemptions, freezes or credits are common for owners 65 and over, people with disabilities and veterans with a service-connected disability. Many need a separate form. Senior relief explained
  • Appeal a high value. If the assessed value is above what similar homes sell for, you can appeal for free, within a short window after the notice arrives. How to appeal

Official Tennessee information on exemptions

Amounts, income limits and deadlines change, and many programs are run county by county. Your county assessor's office can confirm what you qualify for.

Largest cities and towns

Nashville-Davidson0.60%$2,472Memphis1.09%$1,845Chattanooga0.80%$2,265Knoxville0.64%$1,527Clarksville0.63%$1,659Murfreesboro0.58%$2,323Franklin0.43%$3,011Hendersonville0.57%$2,458Bartlett0.90%$2,803Johnson City0.65%$1,748Kingsport0.70%$1,645Spring Hill0.46%$2,271

Property tax in Tennessee, in plain words

Homeowners in Tennessee pay a typical 0.50% of their home's value in property tax each year, below the national figure of 0.94%. On the median home, worth $286,700, that comes to about $1,442 a year. Tennessee ranks 43rd highest of the 50 states and DC by rate.

Rates vary across the state. Shelby County has the highest typical rate at 0.97%, and Sevier County the lowest at 0.28%. The table below lists every county, and each one has its own page with a calculator.

Tennessee has no broad state income tax. The state sales tax rate is 7%, and local sales taxes can add more. The typical property tax bill equals about 2.1% of median household income in Tennessee.

Every county in Tennessee

Tap a column to sort.

CountyTypical rateTypical billMedian home value
Anderson County0.54%$1,289$239,400
Bedford County0.48%$1,345$281,200
Benton County0.48%$738$153,600
Bledsoe County0.36%$688$189,400
Blount County0.45%$1,453$320,500
Bradley County0.45%$1,187$261,900
Campbell County0.37%$691$186,500
Cannon County0.43%$1,073$252,000
Carroll County0.58%$821$142,400
Carter County0.51%$864$168,200
Cheatham County0.47%$1,582$338,700
Chester County0.52%$856$164,400
Claiborne County0.49%$777$159,900
Clay County0.56%$769$136,400
Cocke County0.57%$898$158,100
Coffee County0.57%$1,407$246,800
Crockett County0.58%$930$158,900
Cumberland County0.29%$730$250,500
Davidson County0.60%$2,506$417,400
Decatur County0.46%$644$139,600
DeKalb County0.35%$824$235,500
Dickson County0.47%$1,431$306,400
Dyer County0.63%$1,047$166,400
Fayette County0.34%$1,140$340,800
Fentress County0.32%$535$168,200
Franklin County0.53%$1,246$236,900
Gibson County0.66%$1,039$156,900
Giles County0.42%$989$234,300
Grainger County0.48%$901$189,200
Greene County0.43%$890$207,500
Grundy County0.38%$586$154,000
Hamblen County0.41%$862$210,900
Hamilton County0.61%$1,925$312,800
Hancock County0.45%$599$134,500
Hardeman County0.63%$764$121,700
Hardin County0.41%$658$160,400
Hawkins County0.54%$956$176,300
Haywood County0.63%$952$152,400
Henderson County0.48%$794$164,800
Henry County0.44%$705$160,200
Hickman County0.46%$1,038$224,100
Houston County0.54%$929$172,700
Humphreys County0.48%$921$193,400
Jackson County0.46%$710$155,500
Jefferson County0.43%$978$229,300
Johnson County0.40%$710$178,600
Knox County0.43%$1,367$320,900
Lake County0.67%$653$97,900
Lauderdale County0.59%$844$143,200
Lawrence County0.53%$1,021$194,400
Lewis County0.47%$824$173,400
Lincoln County0.45%$1,038$229,700
Loudon County0.33%$1,162$348,000
Macon County0.39%$874$225,700
Madison County0.56%$1,185$211,800
Marion County0.43%$833$195,200
Marshall County0.48%$1,346$279,800
Maury County0.45%$1,588$355,700
McMinn County0.35%$748$211,800
McNairy County0.38%$619$161,800
Meigs County0.39%$693$180,000
Monroe County0.41%$934$227,500
Montgomery County0.61%$1,697$280,200
Moore County0.45%$1,288$285,300
Morgan County0.52%$871$166,300
Obion County0.52%$690$133,600
Overton County0.39%$669$173,200
Perry County0.53%$675$126,900
Pickett County0.41%$728$178,500
Polk County0.50%$856$169,900
Putnam County0.48%$1,363$282,500
Rhea County0.43%$894$206,000
Roane County0.53%$1,223$232,900
Robertson County0.47%$1,577$335,000
Rutherford County0.48%$1,839$382,600
Scott County0.51%$632$124,900
Sequatchie County0.45%$1,051$232,600
Sevier County0.28%$824$299,000
Shelby County0.97%$2,429$249,100
Smith County0.47%$1,136$243,800
Stewart County0.46%$939$204,700
Sullivan County0.58%$1,234$213,300
Sumner County0.51%$1,987$393,100
Tipton County0.50%$1,211$240,600
Trousdale County0.34%$1,166$337,600
Unicoi County0.52%$994$189,600
Union County0.37%$752$204,000
Van Buren County0.43%$693$159,200
Warren County0.42%$805$192,900
Washington County0.52%$1,302$249,000
Wayne County0.49%$635$130,700
Weakley County0.48%$729$151,200
White County0.40%$838$207,200
Williamson County0.40%$3,004$751,900
Wilson County0.42%$1,787$428,000