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Tennessee Homestead Exemption 2025 — Who Qualifies & Property-Tax Relief

Understand the Tennessee homestead exemption and estimate your property tax with the Tennessee median effective rate. Instant, in your browser.

Free Tennessee homestead exemption calculator for 2025. Enter a home value to estimate annual property tax using the Tennessee median effective rate of 0.5% (U.S. Census/WalletHub 2026) and how Tennessee's homestead relief works (no general homestead exemption). Runs entirely in your browser; no data sent to any server. It runs free in your browser on Gera Tools, with nothing uploaded.

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Does Tennessee have a homestead exemption for everyone?

No. Tennessee has no general homestead exemption; its Tax Relief and Tax Freeze programs are age/disability/veteran- and income-gated. Ordinary owner-occupiers do not get a flat general property-tax homestead exemption, so this estimate applies none. Check the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury to see if you qualify for the age/disability program.

Tennessee Homestead Exemption Calculator 2025

A homestead exemption lowers the property tax on your primary residence. Tennessee’s median effective property-tax rate is 0.5% of home value — on the Tennessee median home ($288,400) that is about $1,442 a year (WalletHub ‘Property Taxes by State in 2026’ (U.S. Census Bureau ACS, collected 2026-01-29)).

Important — eligibility: Tennessee has no general homestead exemption; its Tax Relief and Tax Freeze programs are age/disability/veteran- and income-gated. So the calculator below shows the full estimated bill (no general exemption applied); enter your value to see your number, and check whether you qualify for the age/disability program.

Enter your home value below. The estimate uses the Tennessee median effective rate, so it is a starting point — your actual bill depends on your county’s millage and assessment. Senior, veteran and disability relief is additional. Everything runs in your browser; no value or personal data is transmitted.

Verify with the authority: confirm the current homestead rules and your local rate with the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury.