Property Tax & Income in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Bledsoe County has an effective property tax rate of 0.36%. On the median home value of $189,400, that's roughly $688 per year. Median household income is $54,720.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Bledsoe County | Tennessee (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.36% | 0.47% |
| Median home value1 | $189,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 9.61% combined | 9.61% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Bledsoe County, TN
Property taxes in Bledsoe County run well below both state and national norms. The county's 0.363% effective rate sits beneath Tennessee's 0.467% median and less than half the national figure of 0.794%, placing it 87th among the state's 95 counties. A home valued at the median $189,400 carries an annual tax bill of roughly $688. With household income averaging $54,720 and per-capita income at $25,573, that levy absorbs only a sliver of yearly earnings. Pikeville, the county seat, anchors a largely rural stretch of the Cumberland Plateau that also includes Crossville and Soddy Daisy. What this ranking signals is straightforward: property owners here face comparatively gentle assessments, though the same low tax base can mean thinner funding for schools, roads, and other public services that growing communities depend on.