Property tax rates, schools, home values, incomes and city services in Knoxville and its three nearest neighboring cities, from official 2025 and 2026 data.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s 2025 property tax rates; the Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 letter grades; Zillow Research (September 2026); the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey on QuickFacts; and each city’s own website.
Knoxville’s three nearest neighbors that are cities or towns are Alcoa, about 11 miles south in Blount County, Clinton, about 13 miles north in Anderson County, and Farragut, about 15 miles west in Knox County. (Powell and Seymour, also nearby, are unincorporated communities with no city government.) The four differ in property taxes, school districts, home values and who provides police, fire and trash service. This page sets the official figures side by side, one topic at a time. It does not rank them.
What this means for you
- Taxes: combined 2025 rates ran from $1.554 per $100 of assessed value in Farragut, which has no city rate, to $3.7096 inside Knoxville.
- Schools: Knoxville and Farragut share Knox County Schools; Alcoa and Clinton have their own city districts.
- Home values: from $319,553 in Alcoa to $689,308 in Farragut in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
Property taxes
Tennessee rates are set per $100 of assessed value, and a home is assessed at 25% of its appraised value. These are the rates for tax year 2025, the latest year the Tennessee Comptroller lists for all four places:
| Place | County | County rate | City rate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | Knox | $1.554 | $2.1556 | $3.7096 |
| Alcoa | Blount | $1.59 | $1.69 | $3.28 |
| Clinton | Anderson | $1.48891 | $0.52623 | $2.01514 |
| Farragut | Knox | $1.554 | none listed | $1.554 |
On a home appraised at $300,000 (assessed at $75,000), those rates come to about $2,782 a year in Knoxville, $2,460 in Alcoa, $1,511 in Clinton and $1,166 in Farragut. Your own bill depends on your appraisal. Knox County reappraised every parcel in 2026, and the county and city then reset their rates, so 2026 bills in Knoxville and Farragut use new rates; see our property taxes guide. Tennessee’s tax relief program and Knox County’s tax freeze program, both described there, are applied for through the trustee and the assessor.
City tax rates
Schools
Each place’s public schools and their overall grades on Tennessee’s 2024-25 state report card, from the state’s letter grade file:
| Place | District | High schools | 2024-25 grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | Knox County Schools | Bearden High; West High | A |
| Knoxville | Knox County Schools | Central High | B |
| Knoxville | Knox County Schools | Austin-East High Magnet | C |
| Knoxville | Knox County Schools | Fulton High | D |
| Knoxville | Knox County Schools | L&N STEM Academy; Career Magnet Academy | A |
| Alcoa | Alcoa City Schools | Alcoa High | A |
| Clinton | Anderson County Schools | Clinton High | A |
| Farragut | Knox County Schools | Farragut High | A |
Knoxville’s rows are the high schools inside the city limits on KGIS’s map; L&N STEM Academy and Career Magnet Academy are not zoned schools. Many Knoxville homes are zoned for high schools outside the city, such as South-Doyle and Carter; see our neighborhoods guide. In Clinton, Clinton City Schools runs three elementary schools (Clinton Elementary, graded A, and North Clinton and South Clinton elementary, B), and Anderson County Schools runs Clinton Middle (D) and Clinton High. Alcoa City Schools runs Alcoa Elementary, Intermediate (A), Middle (A) and High. More in our schools guide.
Home values
The Zillow Home Value Index by city for September 2026, a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, from Zillow Research:
| Place | Typical home value, September 2026 | Change from September 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Farragut | $689,308 | +1.7% |
| Knoxville | $368,965 | +1.0% |
| Clinton | $332,436 | +3.4% |
| Alcoa | $319,553 | +2.5% |
Values inside Knoxville differ widely by ZIP code; see our home prices guide and neighborhoods guide.
People, incomes and commutes
From the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates, the same vintage for all four. These are survey estimates with margins of error.
| Measure | Knoxville | Alcoa | Clinton | Farragut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 195,185 | 12,222 | 10,239 | 24,634 |
| Median household income | $54,039 | $65,714 | $68,882 | $142,093 |
| Median value of owner-occupied homes | $239,700 | $277,100 | $225,000 | $583,400 |
| Homes that are owner-occupied | 46.6% | 66.6% | 63.0% | 84.7% |
| Mean travel time to work | 20.2 minutes | 23.8 minutes | 23.6 minutes | 21.9 minutes |
City services
Who answers the call and picks up the trash, according to each government’s own website:
| Place | Police | Fire | Trash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | Knoxville Police Department | Knoxville Fire Department | City curbside pickup, weekly garbage and every-other-week recycling; see our trash and recycling guide |
| Alcoa | Alcoa Police Department | Alcoa Fire Department | City sanitation service with a city trash cart, per the city’s sanitation page |
| Clinton | Clinton Police Department | Clinton Fire Department | Household trash by Waste Connections, and city brush and leaf pickup, per the city’s Public Works page |
| Farragut | Knox County Sheriff’s Office, per the town’s FAQ | AMR Rural/Metro, listed by the town as a subscription-based fire protection service | No town service; the town’s FAQ lists private haulers and Knox County Solid Waste |
How to check an address
- Which city a parcel is in: in Knox County, look up the parcel on KGIS Maps, which shows the Knoxville and Farragut limits, or with the Knox County Property Assessor. For Alcoa and Clinton, use the Comptroller’s statewide real estate assessment search.
- Which schools: in Knoxville and Farragut, the KGIS school zone search, which Knox County Schools links from its enrollment page.
- What the tax would be: the Comptroller’s how to figure your tax bill page, with the rates above, or the Knox County Property Assessor’s calculator.
Frequently asked questions
Does Farragut have a property tax?
The Tennessee Comptroller’s 2025 rate table lists no city rate for Farragut, so Farragut homes pay only the Knox County rate, $1.554 per $100 of assessed value in 2025. Knoxville homes pay the county rate plus the city’s $2.1556.
Which has lower property taxes, Knoxville or Alcoa?
For tax year 2025 the combined rate was $3.28 per $100 of assessed value in Alcoa (Blount County plus city) and $3.7096 in Knoxville (Knox County plus city), according to the Tennessee Comptroller. Knox County rates were reset after the 2026 reappraisal.
What is the typical home value in Farragut compared with Knoxville?
In September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index was $689,308 in Farragut and $368,965 in Knoxville, with Clinton at $332,436 and Alcoa at $319,553.
Does Farragut have its own police department?
No. The Town of Farragut directs residents to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, and lists AMR Rural/Metro as a subscription-based fire protection service.
Do Knoxville and Farragut share a school district?
Yes. Both are served by Knox County Schools. Alcoa has its own district, Alcoa City Schools, and Clinton has Clinton City Schools for its elementary schools, with Anderson County Schools running Clinton Middle and Clinton High.
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