Tennessee · County property tax · ACS 2024
Perry County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Perry County pays $675 a year, an effective rate of 0.53%, far below the U.S. average.
- $675
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.53%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -66%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 95
- rank in TN
The verdict
Homeowners in Perry County pay a median $675 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.53%, more affordable than 80% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $675
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.53%
- Effective rate on median home
- #619 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -66%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($126,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Tennessee. Population: 8,697. Owner-occupied homes: 2,665.
The median annual property tax in Perry County is $675, which is 53% lower than the Tennessee state average and 66% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.53% on a median home value of $126,900. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Perry County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Perry County's 0.53% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 80%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Perry County pay a median annual property tax of $675, far below the national median and far below the Tennessee state median. On a $126,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.53% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Perry County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $55,972 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Low among Tennessee counties by effective rate
Perry County ranks #24 of 95 counties in Tennessee by effective rate (75% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 2.3%, from $660 to $675. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Perry County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 32% from $512 to $675. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,562 of 2,665 owner-occupied homes (58.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.2% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Perry County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Perry County homeowners, 1,562 of 2,665 owner-occupied homes (58.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 58.6% (1,562)
- $800 to $1,499 26.1% (695)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.7% (126)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.5% (94)
- $3,000 or more 4.0% (107)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
81 homes here (3.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Tennessee handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Perry County pay about the same bill, a 2% gap.
Perry County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Perry County's effective rate is higher than 75% of the 95 counties in Tennessee - ranking #24 of 95.
Where Perry County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.53% Among the most affordable more affordable than 80% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Perry County moved from $512 in the 2020 release to $675 in 2024, a change of about 32%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Perry County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Perry County | Tennessee Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Perry County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Tennessee counties.
Perry County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $675 +2.3% | 0.53% |
| 2023 | $660 -4.8% | 0.58% |
| 2022 | $693 +9.5% | 0.56% |
| 2021 | $633 +23.6% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | $512 | 0.54% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Perry County: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Perry County's effective rate
On effective rate, Perry County sits nearest Sumter County (SC), Greenwood County (SC), Dillon County (SC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Woodson County (KS), Alleghany County (NC), Thurston County (NE).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Perry County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 50 of 3,360 returns from Perry County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,080 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Perry County rate FAQs
- How does Perry County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Perry County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.53% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Perry County?
- Perry County, Tennessee scores A (87/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is income room at A+ (1.2%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Perry County, Tennessee?
- The median annual property tax in Perry County is $675, an effective rate of 0.53% on a $126,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Perry County?
- Property taxes in Perry County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $55,972 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Perry County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Perry County is recorded at $675 in the 2024 5-year release against $512 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 2,665 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
What to do with Perry County's QUIET rate
Perry County's $675 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.2% of Perry County's $55,972 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Perry County's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.53%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $675/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Perry County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Perry County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Fayette County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $676/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.64% vs Perry County 0.53%.
Lawrence County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $674/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Perry County 0.53%.
San Augustine County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $676/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Perry County 0.53%.
Shannon County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $676/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Perry County 0.53%.
Cottle County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Perry County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (1.15% vs 0.53%).
Tennessee county set
State ACS overview for every published Tennessee county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Perry County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Perry County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.