Rank

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Smith, Tennessee

Score 6.84 / 10· population 20,538

Smith County adds a 2% local sales tax to Tennessee's 7% (2.75% inside Carthage, the seat), and its 2025 property tax of $1.73 per $100 of assessed value comes to about $870 a year on a $200,000 house outside its towns. Donald Trump won 7,655 of 9,336 presidential votes there in 2024. Carthage is where the Caney Fork meets the Cumberland River, 50 miles from Nashville, and Bonnell Aluminum, the top employer, has about 420 workers.

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  • Smith County local sales tax rate is 2.00% county and 2.75% in the city of Carthage; state sales tax is 7% (4% on food); Carthage is the county seat, 50 miles from Nashville; residential and farm property is assessed at 25% of value (2022 community data profile) mtida.org
  • Smith County: state sales tax rate 7.00%, county sales tax rate 2.00% - 2.75%; county property tax rate $1.73; top employer Bonnell Aluminum, est. 420 employees tnecd.com
  • 2025 Smith County property tax rate is $1.7331 per $100 of assessed value; Carthage, Gordonsville and South Carthage add city rates (Carthage total $2.5499). A $200,000 house outside the towns: $50,000 assessed x $1.7331/$100 = about $867 comptroller.tn.gov
  • November 5, 2024 general election, President: Trump/Vance 7,655 votes in Smith County out of 9,336 cast for all presidential candidates (Harris/Walz 1,595) sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com
  • Carthage, the county seat since 1804, is on a land grant at the confluence of the Cumberland and Caney Fork rivers tennesseeencyclopedia.net

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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 tax1.8
  5. Property tax7.8

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.6
  2. Life expectancy2.1
  3. Government employees4.3
  4. Single-parent households5.8

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