Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is McMinnville run?
McMinnville’s city government spent $17.4 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,265 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: McMinnville didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how McMinnville is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,265 per resident a year, or $3.47 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 23%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
McMinnville didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for McMinnville yet
Every year of McMinnville’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, down from 183 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $1,001 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.55% of the home’s value, vs 0.50% across Tennessee.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at McMinnville’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to McMinnville’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in McMinnville →
Who’s in charge in McMinnville
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
McMinnville’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on mcminnvilletn.gov ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 76 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (13,787).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Warren County School District
McMinnville’s K–12 school district, shared with Centertown, Morrison, Viola. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,474 per pupil, $6,999 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Tennessee districts overall: 40% local, 44% state, 16% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
McMinnville’s votes are counted by county
Tennessee reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for McMinnville alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Warren County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican77.5%13,192 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat21.4%3,647 votesOthers: 1.0% (176 votes).
Most votes in Warren County: Donald J Trump
Tennessee: Trump 64.2%, Harris 34.5%
100% of McMinnville lies in Warren County. Every 2024 race in Warren County is on the county’s page.
Warren County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for McMinnville.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: mcminnvilletn.gov ↗
- 2Tennessee HouseState representatives
- 3Tennessee SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Tennessee
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach McMinnville’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about McMinnville’s government
How much does McMinnville spend per resident?
About $1,265 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (McMinnville didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $48 million.
What is the property tax rate in McMinnville?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,001 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.55% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.50% across Tennessee. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see mcminnvilletn.gov.
Who runs McMinnville’s government?
See mcminnvilletn.gov for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for McMinnville yet.
How did McMinnville vote in 2024?
Tennessee counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for McMinnville alone. Warren County, where 100% of McMinnville lies, voted Trump 77.5%, Harris 21.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for McMinnville?
182 full-time and 13 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $1.1M (about $12.7M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents McMinnville in the state legislature?
State Senate District 16 (Janice Bowling) and State House District 43 (Paul Sherrell). The House district also covers five other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about McMinnville’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for McMinnville, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →