Property Tax & Income in Giles County, Tennessee
Giles County has an effective property tax rate of 0.42%. On the median home value of $234,300, that's roughly $989 per year. Median household income is $62,307.
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 | Giles County | Tennessee (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.42% | 0.47% |
| Median home value1 | $234,300 | — |
| 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 Giles County, TN
Giles County’s effective property tax rate of 0.422% sits below Tennessee’s statewide median of 0.467%, placing it 70th among the state’s 95 counties. That ranking signals a lighter-than-average tax load within Tennessee, though the gap with the state figure is fairly narrow. Against the national median of 0.794%, the difference widens considerably — Giles County property owners pay roughly half the rate common across the country. On a median home value of $234,300, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to about $989, set against a median household income of $62,307 and per-capita income of $35,909. Communities like Ardmore, Elkton, and Frankewing fall within this county, where the tax structure leans toward the lower end both regionally and nationwide.