Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Ascension Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Ascension Parish pays $1,519 a year, an effective rate of 0.54%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,519
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.54%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -24%
- vs U.S. average
- #15 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Ascension Parish pay a median $1,519 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.54%, more affordable than 79% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,519
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.54%
- Effective rate on median home
- #659 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -24%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($279,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 130,314. Owner-occupied homes: 38,597.
The median annual property tax in Ascension Parish is $1,519, which is 29% higher than the Louisiana state average and 24% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.54% on a median home value of $279,600. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Ascension Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Ascension Parish's 0.54% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 79%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits above the Louisiana median
Homeowners in Ascension Parish pay a median annual property tax of $1,519, notably lower than the national median and well above the Louisiana state median. On a $279,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.54% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Louisiana counties by effective rate
Ascension Parish ranks #15 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (77% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Ascension Parish run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $91,549 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Ascension Parish as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate held while the market moved
Ascension Parish sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.4% down, against a median home value that rose 24.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 21.6%, from $1,249 to $1,519.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,249 to $1,519, a gain of 22%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 8,409 of 38,597 owner-occupied homes (21.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 1.7% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
30.6% of Ascension Parish homes owned free and clear (4,103 of 13,416) report no property tax at all, against 8.9% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Ascension Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Ascension Parish homeowners, 8,409 of 38,597 owner-occupied homes (21.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 21.8% (8,409)
- $800 to $1,499 19.5% (7,540)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.3% (4,759)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.2% (6,647)
- $3,000 or more 12.7% (4,896)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
6,346 homes here (16.4%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Ascension Parish pay a substantially higher bill, 55% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Ascension Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Ascension Parish's effective rate is higher than 77% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #15 of 64.
Where Ascension Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.54% Among the most affordable more affordable than 79% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Louisiana, a larger bill
The effective rate here sits within 2% of the Louisiana median, yet the median bill runs 29% above it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to costlier housing produces $1,519 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Ascension Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Ascension Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Ascension Parish is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Ascension Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,519 +7.0% | 0.54% |
| 2023 | $1,419 -0.1% | 0.53% |
| 2022 | $1,421 +10.2% | 0.56% |
| 2021 | $1,290 +3.3% | 0.57% |
| 2020 | $1,249 | 0.56% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Ascension Parish: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Ascension Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Ascension Parish sits nearest Robertson County (KY), Cumberland County (KY), Caldwell County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Dodge County (NE), LaPorte County (IN), Glynn County (GA).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Ascension Parish: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 3,810 of 57,910 returns from Ascension Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,822 - 39% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Ascension Parish rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Ascension Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Ascension Parish is $1,519, an effective rate of 0.54% on a $279,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Ascension Parish?
- Ascension Parish, Louisiana scores C+ (62/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is income room at B+ (1.7%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- How does Ascension Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Ascension Parish run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.54% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Ascension Parish?
- Property taxes in Ascension Parish run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $91,549 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Ascension Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Ascension Parish jumped 21.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,249 to $1,519, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Ascension Parish's QUIET rate
Inside Louisiana, Ascension Parish's $1,519 median bill runs high versus the state median - compare the rest of the state before judging the burden. Louisiana overview →
Income burden is light here: about 1.7% of Ascension Parish's $91,549 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Ascension Parish's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.54%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,519/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Ascension Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Ascension Parish (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Screven County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ascension Parish at $1,519/yr; rate 1.22% vs Ascension Parish 0.54%.
Sanilac County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,520/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.90% vs Ascension Parish 0.54%.
Venango County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,520/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.27% vs Ascension Parish 0.54%.
Sheridan County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,521/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.23% vs Ascension Parish 0.54%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Ascension Parish stamps QUIET · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Ascension Parish (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.