LOUISIANA PROPERTY TAX · 2026
Louisiana property tax calculator
Louisiana's effective property tax rate is 0.546%: owner-occupiers paid a median $1,180 a year on homes with a median value of $216,500. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $1,638.00 a year.
Property tax estimate
- Property tax a year
- $1,638.00
- A month
- $136.50
- Rate
- 0.546%, statewide
Louisiana property tax by parish
| Parish | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish | 0.363% | $483 | $155,500 |
| Allen Parish | 0.344% | $267 | $104,500 |
| Ascension Parish | 0.509% | $1,519 | $279,600 |
| Assumption Parish | 0.371% | $552 | $150,300 |
| Avoyelles Parish | 0.222% | $249 | $122,400 |
| Beauregard Parish | 0.212% | $576 | $161,700 |
| Bienville Parish | 0.243% | $301 | $99,500 |
| Bossier Parish | 0.664% | $1,445 | $227,200 |
| Caddo Parish | 0.678% | $1,085 | $175,700 |
| Calcasieu Parish | 0.468% | $968 | $217,000 |
| Caldwell Parish | 0.292% | $415 | $93,300 |
| Cameron Parish | 0.427% | $936 | $202,500 |
| Catahoula Parish | 0.246% | $325 | $101,800 |
| Claiborne Parish | 0.258% | $356 | $82,100 |
| Concordia Parish | 0.307% | $384 | $103,800 |
| De Soto Parish | 0.314% | $540 | $154,900 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | 0.63% | $1,656 | $248,800 |
| East Carroll Parish | 0.321% | $277 | $100,500 |
| East Feliciana Parish | 0.196% | $339 | $228,100 |
| Evangeline Parish | 0.306% | $362 | $124,600 |
| Franklin Parish | 0.254% | $351 | $113,000 |
| Grant Parish | 0.334% | $862 | $143,300 |
| Iberia Parish | 0.364% | $593 | $164,500 |
| Iberville Parish | 0.349% | $556 | $172,800 |
| Jackson Parish | 0.238% | $352 | $115,600 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | 0.453% | $442 | $150,800 |
| Jefferson Parish | 0.57% | $1,312 | $251,400 |
| Lafayette Parish | 0.573% | $1,380 | $242,900 |
| Lafourche Parish | 0.42% | $1,038 | $193,900 |
| LaSalle Parish | 0.284% | $532 | $119,500 |
| Lincoln Parish | 0.455% | $971 | $210,100 |
| Livingston Parish | 0.445% | $1,066 | $230,600 |
| Madison Parish | 0.313% | $313 | $96,200 |
| Morehouse Parish | 0.49% | $530 | $118,800 |
| Natchitoches Parish | 0.398% | $755 | $171,300 |
| Orleans Parish | 0.85% | $2,606 | $315,700 |
| Ouachita Parish | 0.519% | $1,054 | $194,400 |
| Plaquemines Parish | 0.431% | $1,427 | $282,900 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | 0.317% | $565 | $179,300 |
| Rapides Parish | 0.477% | $1,000 | $181,100 |
| Red River Parish | 0.211% | $506 | $119,700 |
| Richland Parish | 0.232% | $401 | $141,900 |
| Sabine Parish | 0.247% | $484 | $123,100 |
| St. Bernard Parish | 0.339% | $961 | $202,500 |
| St. Charles Parish | 0.541% | $1,562 | $263,700 |
| St. Helena Parish | 0.129% | $469 | $77,300 |
| St. James Parish | 0.472% | $1,113 | $211,800 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | 0.421% | $877 | $193,200 |
| St. Landry Parish | 0.248% | $411 | $142,500 |
| St. Martin Parish | 0.348% | $725 | $164,200 |
| St. Mary Parish | 0.378% | $545 | $138,900 |
| St. Tammany Parish | 0.714% | $2,028 | $284,000 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | 0.344% | $882 | $212,900 |
| Tensas Parish | 0.326% | $221 | $86,300 |
| Terrebonne Parish | 0.398% | $836 | $187,200 |
| Union Parish | 0.319% | $518 | $112,500 |
| Vermilion Parish | 0.329% | $589 | $163,300 |
| Vernon Parish | 0.266% | $819 | $156,000 |
| Washington Parish | 0.268% | $507 | $155,700 |
| Webster Parish | 0.289% | $412 | $114,500 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | 0.468% | $1,251 | $229,900 |
| West Carroll Parish | 0.129% | $199 | $94,400 |
| West Feliciana Parish | 0.426% | $1,556 | $245,700 |
| Winn Parish | 0.188% | $325 | $108,500 |
Louisiana homestead exemption
- Louisiana's homestead exemption covers the first $7,500 of a home's assessed value against state, parish and special property taxes.
- Residential improvements are assessed at 10% of fair market value.
This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.
Louisiana property tax questions
How much is property tax in Louisiana?
Louisiana's effective property tax rate is 0.546%: owner-occupiers paid a median $1,180 a year on homes with a median value of $216,500. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $1,638.00 a year.
Which parish in Louisiana has the highest property tax?
Orleans Parish, with an effective rate of 0.85%; St. Helena Parish has the lowest, at 0.129%. On a $300,000 home that is $2,550.00 a year in Orleans Parish and $387.00 in St. Helena Parish.
Does Louisiana have a homestead exemption?
Louisiana's homestead exemption covers the first $7,500 of a home's assessed value against state, parish and special property taxes. The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.
Why might a Louisiana tax bill differ from this estimate?
The rate is what owner-occupiers in Louisiana paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
What the calculator leaves out
- The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
- The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
- An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
- Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.
Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.
Sources
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25090: aggregate real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25082: aggregate value of owner-occupied homes
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25103: median real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25077: median home value
- Louisiana Constitution article VII, section 20
- Louisiana Constitution article VII, section 18