Property Tax & Income in Chester County, Tennessee
Chester County has an effective property tax rate of 0.52%. On the median home value of $164,400, that's roughly $856 per year. Median household income is $59,341.
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 | Chester County | Tennessee (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.52% | 0.47% |
| Median home value1 | $164,400 | — |
| 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 Chester County, TN
Property owners in Chester County, Tennessee, face an effective tax rate of 0.521%, which sits above the state median of 0.467% but well below the national figure of 0.794%. That places the county 28th among Tennessee's 95 counties, a middling position that signals a rate somewhat heavier than what many fellow Tennesseans pay, though far lighter than the burden common across much of the country. A median home value of $164,400 translates into an annual real-estate tax bill of about $856. Households here earn a median of $59,341, with per-capita income at $28,454. Communities such as Henderson, along with Enville and Jacks Creek, make up the county's principal towns. The gap between Chester County's rate and the state median is narrow, so the practical difference in dollars remains contained even as the county's ranking reflects a rate that leans slightly high within Tennessee.