The median owner-occupied home in Grainger County had a real-estate tax bill of $871 (± $66) a year, compared with $1,400 in Tennessee and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $172,000 (± $12,644), compared with $256,800 in Tennessee and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Grainger County | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 23,929 | 6,986,082 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $871 ± $66 | $1,400 ± $7 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $172,000 ± $12,644 | $256,800 ± $1,438 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $51,351 ± $3,676 | $67,097 ± $360 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.51% ± 0.05 points | 0.55% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 78.7% ± 2.9 points | 67.0% ± 0.4 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 36.9% ± 2.4 points | 32.9% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 17.1% ± 3.5 points | 18.2% ± 0.3 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Grainger County (3)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Bean Station (partly in this county)
- Blaine
- Rutledge
Other named communities in Grainger County (60)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Agreeable (historical)
- Ambro (historical)
- Ashby (historical)
- Avondale
- Avondale Springs
- Bald Point
- Beans
- Beech Grove
- Beeler Mill
- Big Q Estates
- Boggs
- Bowen
- Buffalo Springs
- Cherokee
- Clear Springs (historical)
- Clinch River (historical)
- Crosby
- Dotson
- Elm Springs
- Fairview
- Hammer Store
- Helton
- Highland Springs
- Highlands (historical)
- Holston (historical)
- Hopper Bluff
- Idol
- Joppa
- Lake Forest Estates
- Lea Springs
- Liberty Hill
- Lulaville
- Maples (historical)
- Mary Chapel
- Massengill Mill
- May Springs (historical)
- Meadow Branch
- New Corinth
- Noeton (historical)
- Oakland
- Oakman (historical)
- Perrin Hollow
- Powder Springs
- Puncheon Camp
- Richland
- Riverview
- Rock Haven
- Rocky Summit (historical)
- Shiloh
- Stithsville (historical)
- Sunset
- Sycamore Spring
- Tampico
- Tate Springs
- Thorn Hill
- Turley Mills (historical)
- Wa-Ni Village
- Washburn
- Williams Springs
- Wyatt Village