Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHow is Rives run?
Rives’ city government spent $180,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $581 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Rives didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Rives is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $581 per resident a year, or $1.59 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 36%.
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Rives didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Rives yet
Every year of Rives’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. 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 $611 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.54% 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 Rives’ 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 Rives’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Rives →
Who’s in charge in Rives
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Obion County School District
Rives’ K–12 school district, shared with Hornbeak, Obion, Samburg, South Fulton, Troy and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,730 per pupil, $8,233 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.
Rives’ votes are counted by county
Tennessee reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Rives alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Obion County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.1%10,596 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.2%2,221 votesOthers: 0.6% (83 votes).
Most votes in Obion County: Donald J Trump
Tennessee: Trump 64.2%, Harris 34.5%
100% of Rives lies in Obion County. Every 2024 race in Obion County is on the county’s page.
Obion 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 Rives.
- 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 Rives’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Rives’ government
How much does Rives spend per resident?
About $581 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Rives didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $194,000.
What is the property tax rate in Rives?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $611 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.54% 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 Rives’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Rives yet.
How did Rives vote in 2024?
Tennessee counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Rives alone. Obion County, where 100% of Rives lies, voted Trump 82.1%, Harris 17.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Rives?
0 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $2,814 (about $33,768 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Rives in the state legislature?
State Senate District 24 (John Stevens) and State House District 82 (Chris Hurt). The House district also covers 18 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Rives’ government
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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 Rives, 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 →