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Tennessee property tax rates by county

586 ZIP codes with a published record across 95 counties.

These are effective rates: the median tax households report paying divided by the median home value, from the Census American Community Survey. They are not the statutory or millage rate a county sets, which applies to assessed value after exemptions.

State totals

ZIP codes published586
Withheld as too thin51
Counties95
Median effective tax rate0.48%Median across ZIP codes, not a state rate.

Source: US Census ACS 5-Year and FEMA National Risk Index, see each ZIP code record. How this was derived

Median effective rate by county

CountyMedian effective rateZIP codes
Anderson County0.51%8
Bedford County0.47%4
Benton County0.50%4
Bledsoe CountyNot reported2
Blount County0.44%11
Bradley County0.48%6
Campbell County0.38%6
Cannon CountyNot reported2
Carroll County0.58%12
Carter County0.51%4
Cheatham County0.48%6
Chester County0.41%4
Claiborne County0.48%7
Clay CountyNot reported2
Cocke County0.56%6
Coffee County0.53%5
Crockett County0.60%5
Cumberland County0.30%6
Davidson County0.58%25
DeKalb County0.33%4
Decatur County0.47%4
Dickson County0.45%6
Dyer County0.67%4
Fayette County0.37%6
Fentress County0.33%5
Franklin County0.52%7
Gibson County0.74%9
Giles County0.39%7
Grainger County0.45%5
Greene County0.43%7
Grundy County0.43%8
Hamblen County0.42%5
Hamilton County0.67%26
Hancock CountyNot reported2
Hardeman County0.61%8
Hardin County0.42%6
Hawkins County0.55%6
Haywood CountyNot reported2
Henderson County0.47%6
Henry County0.38%7
Hickman County0.47%6
Houston County0.57%3
Humphreys County0.47%4
Jackson County0.43%4
Jefferson County0.46%4
Johnson County0.39%4
Knox County0.41%22
Lake CountyNot reported2
Lauderdale County0.66%4
Lawrence County0.50%8
Lewis CountyNot reported1
Lincoln County0.40%9
Loudon County0.33%3
Macon CountyNot reported2
Madison County0.57%8
Marion County0.42%4
Marshall County0.47%4
Maury County0.34%6
McMinn County0.34%6
McNairy County0.39%9
Meigs CountyNot reported2
Monroe County0.41%5
Montgomery County0.59%7
Moore CountyNot reported1
Morgan County0.61%5
Obion County0.50%6
Overton County0.37%6
Perry CountyNot reported2
Pickett CountyNot reported2
Polk County0.51%7
Putnam County0.49%6
Rhea County0.44%4
Roane County0.46%3
Robertson County0.47%6
Rutherford County0.45%13
Scott County0.48%5
Sequatchie CountyNot reported1
Sevier County0.28%6
Shelby County1.04%33
Smith County0.45%9
Stewart County0.47%5
Sullivan County0.57%8
Sumner County0.42%7
Tipton County0.49%7
Trousdale CountyNot reported2
Unicoi County0.50%3
Union County0.38%4
Van Buren CountyNot reported1
Warren County0.41%4
Washington County0.47%7
Wayne County0.49%6
Weakley County0.49%7
White County0.36%4
Williamson County0.42%9
Wilson County0.43%5

Source: US Census ACS 5-Year, tables B25103 and B25077, 2020-2024. How this was derived

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