Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0How is Winchester run?
Winchester’s city government spent $7 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $712 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Winchester didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Winchester is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $712 per resident a year, or $1.95 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 30%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Winchester 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 Winchester yet
Every year of Winchester’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 $1,109 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.51% 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 Winchester’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 Winchester’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Winchester →
Who’s in charge in Winchester
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 81 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (9,859).
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.
Franklin County School District
Winchester’s K–12 school district, shared with Cowan, Decherd, Estill Springs, Huntland. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,191 per pupil, $7,123 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.
Winchester’s votes are counted by county
Tennessee reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Winchester alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Franklin County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.1%15,016 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat23.0%4,529 votesOthers: 0.9% (183 votes).
Most votes in Franklin County: Donald J Trump
Tennessee: Trump 64.2%, Harris 34.5%
100% of Winchester lies in Franklin County. Every 2024 race in Franklin County is on the county’s page.
Franklin 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 Winchester.
- 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.
How Winchester compares with the towns next door
Winchester’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $644 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
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 Winchester’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Winchester’s government
How much does Winchester spend per resident?
About $712 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Winchester didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $29.4 million.
What is the property tax rate in Winchester?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,109 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.51% 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 Winchester’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Winchester yet.
How did Winchester vote in 2024?
Tennessee counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Winchester alone. Franklin County, where 100% of Winchester lies, voted Trump 76.1%, Harris 23.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Winchester?
122 full-time and 33 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $562,273 (about $6.7M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Winchester in the state legislature?
State Senate District 16 (Janice Bowling) and State House District 39 (Iris Rudder). The House district also covers 13 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Winchester’s 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 Winchester, 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 →