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Louisiana property tax rates by parish

Louisiana homeowners paid 0.55% of their home’s value in property tax (2020–2024 survey), the 13th lowest of 51 (50 states and D.C.), with a median bill of $1,180 a year on a median home value of $216,500. Across parishes, rates ran from 0.20% (East Feliciana Parish) to 0.85% (Orleans Parish).

0.55%Effective rate (2020–2024)+0.01 pts vs 2019–2023
$1,180Median tax per yearU.S.: $3,119
$216,500Median home valueU.S.: $332,700
1,216,127Owner-occupied homes67% of households own

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Estimated tax at this rate$1,179/year

The same home value at each average rate
Rate	Effective rate	Per year	Per month
Louisiana average	0.55%	$1,179	$98
Louisiana average	0.55%	$1,179	$98
U.S. average	0.94%	$2,030	$169

How Louisiana compares

U.S. effective rate: 0.94%; median bill $3,119. Louisiana is 42% below the national rate.
Change from the 2019–2023 survey: +0.01 pts in the rate, +$34 (+3.0%) in the median bill (U.S.: −0.03 pts, +$150 (+5.1%)).
With a mortgage, Louisiana owners’ median bill was $1,455; without one, $750.
49 of 64 parishes have estimates reliable enough to rank (at least 500 owner-occupied homes and a margin of error under 25% of the rate).

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Louisiana property taxes by parish, 2020–2024
Parish	Effective rate	Median tax	Median value	Owner homes	Estimate
Acadia Parish	0.36%	$483	$155,500	14,814	Reliable
Allen Parish	0.34%	$267	$104,500	5,811	Small sample
Ascension Parish	0.51%	$1,519	$279,600	38,597	Reliable
Assumption Parish	0.37%	$552	$150,300	7,489	Reliable
Avoyelles Parish	0.22%	$249	$122,400	10,118	Reliable
Beauregard Parish	0.21%	$576	$161,700	11,660	Reliable
Bienville Parish	0.24%	$301	$99,500	3,901	Small sample
Bossier Parish	0.66%	$1,445	$227,200	33,084	Reliable
Caddo Parish	0.68%	$1,085	$175,700	57,659	Reliable
Calcasieu Parish	0.47%	$968	$217,000	56,736	Reliable
Caldwell Parish	0.29%	$415	$93,300	2,561	Small sample
Cameron Parish	0.43%	$936	$202,500	1,925	Small sample
Catahoula Parish	0.25%	$325	$101,800	2,496	Small sample
Claiborne Parish	0.26%	$356	$82,100	3,548	Small sample
Concordia Parish	0.31%	$384	$103,800	5,031	Small sample
De Soto Parish	0.31%	$540	$154,900	8,104	Reliable
East Baton Rouge Parish	0.63%	$1,656	$248,800	105,101	Reliable
East Carroll Parish	0.32%	$277	$100,500	1,529	Small sample
East Feliciana Parish	0.20%	$339	$228,100	5,481	Reliable
Evangeline Parish	0.31%	$362	$124,600	8,321	Reliable
Franklin Parish	0.25%	$351	$113,000	5,506	Reliable
Grant Parish	0.33%	$862	$143,300	5,909	Reliable
Iberia Parish	0.36%	$593	$164,500	18,035	Reliable
Iberville Parish	0.35%	$556	$172,800	8,484	Reliable
Jackson Parish	0.24%	$352	$115,600	3,904	Small sample
Jefferson Davis Parish	0.45%	$442	$150,800	9,302	Reliable
Jefferson Parish	0.57%	$1,312	$251,400	110,857	Reliable
LaSalle Parish	0.28%	$532	$119,500	4,067	Reliable
Lafayette Parish	0.57%	$1,380	$242,900	66,072	Reliable
Lafourche Parish	0.42%	$1,038	$193,900	30,164	Reliable
Lincoln Parish	0.46%	$971	$210,100	9,938	Reliable
Livingston Parish	0.44%	$1,066	$230,600	43,264	Reliable
Madison Parish	0.31%	$313	$96,200	1,622	Small sample
Morehouse Parish	0.49%	$530	$118,800	6,698	Reliable
Natchitoches Parish	0.40%	$755	$171,300	8,842	Reliable
Orleans Parish	0.85%	$2,606	$315,700	79,744	Reliable
Ouachita Parish	0.52%	$1,054	$194,400	37,489	Reliable
Plaquemines Parish	0.43%	$1,427	$282,900	6,229	Reliable
Pointe Coupee Parish	0.32%	$565	$179,300	6,671	Reliable
Rapides Parish	0.48%	$1,000	$181,100	31,735	Reliable
Red River Parish	0.21%	$506	$119,700	2,397	Small sample
Richland Parish	0.23%	$401	$141,900	4,836	Reliable
Sabine Parish	0.25%	$484	$123,100	7,050	Reliable
St. Bernard Parish	0.34%	$961	$202,500	11,377	Reliable
St. Charles Parish	0.54%	$1,562	$263,700	15,268	Reliable
St. Helena Parish	0.13%	$469	$77,300	3,297	Small sample
St. James Parish	0.47%	$1,113	$211,800	6,369	Reliable
St. John the Baptist Parish	0.42%	$877	$193,200	11,737	Reliable
St. Landry Parish	0.25%	$411	$142,500	22,551	Reliable
St. Martin Parish	0.35%	$725	$164,200	15,218	Reliable
St. Mary Parish	0.38%	$545	$138,900	12,673	Reliable
St. Tammany Parish	0.71%	$2,028	$284,000	82,876	Reliable
Tangipahoa Parish	0.34%	$882	$212,900	36,540	Reliable
Tensas Parish	0.33%	$221	$86,300	1,171	Small sample
Terrebonne Parish	0.40%	$836	$187,200	31,734	Reliable
Union Parish	0.32%	$518	$112,500	6,623	Reliable
Vermilion Parish	0.33%	$589	$163,300	15,991	Reliable
Vernon Parish	0.27%	$819	$156,000	10,248	Reliable
Washington Parish	0.27%	$507	$155,700	12,277	Reliable
Webster Parish	0.29%	$412	$114,500	9,581	Reliable
West Baton Rouge Parish	0.47%	$1,251	$229,900	8,429	Reliable
West Carroll Parish	0.13%	$198+	$94,400	2,930	Small sample
West Feliciana Parish	0.43%	$1,556	$245,700	3,047	Reliable
Winn Parish	0.19%	$325	$108,500	3,409	Small sample

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table-based summary file: B25090 (aggregate real estate taxes), B25082 (aggregate home value), B25103 (median real estate taxes), B25077 (median home value) and B25003 (tenure); files dated January 29, 2026.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates, same tables (files dated October 31, 2024), for the comparison column.
Geography names: Census Bureau Geos20245YR.txt (file dated January 22, 2026).

Effective rate = total real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied homes ÷ their total value, as reported by owners to the Census Bureau. It is not a millage rate. Your bill depends on your assessed value, exemptions (such as homestead) and local levies.