Rank

819of 3,144

Overton, Tennessee

Score 6.72 / 10· population 23,327

Overton County is on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau, along the backwaters of Dale Hollow Lake, and Livingston, the seat, has plants making exterior auto trim and rubber O-rings. The 2025 county property tax is $1.34 per $100 of assessed value, and homes are assessed at 25% of appraised value, so a $200,000 house outside Livingston owes about $670 a year. Sales tax is 9.5%, and Donald Trump won 9,042 of 11,069 presidential votes in 2024.

Sources
  • Overton County is located amid the rolling hills and valleys of the Cumberland Plateau, along the backwaters of Dale Hollow Lake overtoncountytn.gov
  • Livingston is the Overton County seat overtoncountytn.gov
  • Livingston manufacturers include ABC INOAC (external auto trim) and Parker-Seals (rubber O-rings) overtoncountytn.gov
  • 2025 Overton County property tax rate is $1.3373 per $100 of assessed value; inside Livingston the city adds $1.1396 (total $2.4769). A $200,000 house outside Livingston: $50,000 assessed x $1.3373/$100 = about $669 comptroller.tn.gov
  • Tennessee residential property is assessed at 25% of appraised value, and the tax is the assessed value times the rate per $100 comptroller.tn.gov
  • Overton County: state sales tax rate 7.00% plus county sales tax rate 2.50%; county property tax rate $1.34 tnecd.com
  • November 5, 2024 general election, President: Trump/Vance 9,042 votes in Overton County out of 11,069 cast for all presidential candidates (Harris/Walz 1,931) sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.2
  4. Sales tax1.4
  5. Property tax8.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.3
  2. Life expectancy2.1
  3. Government employees4.9
  4. Single-parent households2.1

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