Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0How is Mountain City run?
Mountain City’s city government spent $4 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,666 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Mountain City didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Mountain City is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,666 per resident a year, or $4.56 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 29%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Mountain City 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 Mountain City yet
Every year of Mountain City’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 →The typical homeowner pays $950 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.44% 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 Mountain City’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. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Mountain City’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Mountain City →
Who’s in charge in Mountain City
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 56 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (2,415).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Johnson County School District
Mountain City’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $10,046 per pupil, $7,687 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.
Mountain City’s votes are counted by county
Tennessee reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Mountain City alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Johnson County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.3%6,829 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat15.0%1,212 votesOthers: 0.8% (61 votes).
Most votes in Johnson County: Donald J Trump
Tennessee: Trump 64.2%, Harris 34.5%
100% of Mountain City lies in Johnson County. Every 2024 race in Johnson County is on the county’s page.
Johnson 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 Mountain City.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Mountain City’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Mountain City’s government
How much does Mountain City spend per resident?
About $1,666 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Mountain City didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $6.1 million.
What is the property tax rate in Mountain City?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $950 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.44% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.50% across Tennessee. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Mountain City’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Mountain City yet.
How did Mountain City vote in 2024?
Tennessee counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Mountain City alone. Johnson County, where 100% of Mountain City lies, voted Trump 84.3%, Harris 15.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Mountain City?
43 full-time and 4 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $120,847 (about $1.5M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Mountain City in the state legislature?
State Senate District 3 (Rusty Crowe) and State House District 3 (Timothy Hill). The House district also covers six other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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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 Mountain City, 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 →