Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0How is Rossville run?
Rossville’s town government spent $1.7 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, about $1,582 per resident. Water and other utilities ($497,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Rossville is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,582 per resident a year, or $4.33 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 45%.
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No comparison for Rossville yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Rossville’s 2022 operating figures are mostly a Census estimate, so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2023; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 173900% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Rossville reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $0 · 2023: $1,582. Per resident it went from $0 to $1,582 (up 158100%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 1,012 to 1,100.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,981 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.41% 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 Rossville’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 Rossville’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Rossville →
Who’s in charge in Rossville
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 100 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (1,100).
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.
Fayette County School District
Rossville’s K–12 school district, shared with Braden, Gallaway, La Grange, Moscow, Oakland and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,172 per pupil, $6,057 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.
Rossville’s votes are counted by county
Tennessee reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Rossville alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Fayette County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.7%16,756 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat28.4%6,720 votesOthers: 0.9% (220 votes).
Most votes in Fayette County: Donald J Trump
Tennessee: Trump 64.2%, Harris 34.5%
100% of Rossville lies in Fayette County. Every 2024 race in Fayette County is on the county’s page.
Fayette 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 Rossville.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal 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.
How Rossville compares with the towns next door
Rossville’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate, so it isn’t placed among them. None of its neighbors reported 2022 figures. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Piperton | estimate | $2,286 |
| Rossville | estimate | $1,981 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Rossville’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Rossville’s government
How much does Rossville spend per resident?
About $1,582 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Rossville?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,981 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.41% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.50% across Tennessee. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Rossville’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Rossville yet.
How did Rossville vote in 2024?
Tennessee counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Rossville alone. Fayette County, where 100% of Rossville lies, voted Trump 70.7%, Harris 28.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Rossville?
11 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $53,022 (about $636,264 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Rossville in the state legislature?
State Senate District 26 (Page Walley) and State House District 94 (Ron Gant). The House district also covers 21 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; 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 →