Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Avoyelles Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Avoyelles Parish pays $249 a year, an effective rate of 0.20%, far below the U.S. average.
- $249
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.20%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -88%
- vs U.S. average
- #63 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Avoyelles Parish pay a median $249 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.20%, more affordable than 100% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $249
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.20%
- Effective rate on median home
- #10 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -88%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($122,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Avoyelles Parish, LA
90/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Avoyelles Parish's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median tax as a share of Avoyelles Parish's median household income
Avoyelles Parish's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Avoyelles Parish
Median home value relative to Avoyelles Parish's median income
Read the chart values
- Rate relief: 100/100 (A+) · 0.20%
- Income room: 100/100 (A+) · 0.6%
- Bill size: 100/100 (A+) · $249/yr
- Mortgage premium: 68/100 (B-) · +$174
- Housing pressure: 44/100 (D) · 3.11×
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 38,905. Owner-occupied homes: 10,118.
The median annual property tax in Avoyelles Parish is $249, which is 79% lower than the Louisiana state average and 88% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.20% on a median home value of $122,400. Property taxes represent 0.6% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Avoyelles Parish
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Avoyelles Parish pay a median annual property tax of $249, far below the national median and far below the Louisiana state median. On a $122,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.20% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Avoyelles Parish's 0.20% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 100% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 3
High among Louisiana counties by effective rate
Avoyelles Parish ranks #63 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (2% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Avoyelles Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.6% of the $39,325 median household income.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Avoyelles Parish as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate held while the market moved
Avoyelles Parish sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 6.2% up, against a median home value that rose 17.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 25.1%, from $199 to $249.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 25% from $199 to $249. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 5,665 of 10,118 owner-occupied homes (56.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 0.6% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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
32.1% of Avoyelles Parish homes owned free and clear (1,938 of 6,038) report no property tax at all, against 18.6% 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 Avoyelles Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Avoyelles Parish homeowners, 5,665 of 10,118 owner-occupied homes (56.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 56.0% (5,665)
- $800 to $1,499 12.0% (1,218)
- $1,500 to $1,999 1.6% (164)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.3% (329)
- $3,000 or more 0.4% (44)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,698 homes here (26.7%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Avoyelles Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Avoyelles Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+87%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Avoyelles Parish compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Avoyelles Parish's effective rate is higher than 2% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #63 of 64 for property tax burden.
Where Avoyelles Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.20% Among the most affordable more affordable than 99% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.20%, Avoyelles Parish sits in the lowest 1% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $249, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Avoyelles Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 0.6% | - | - |
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.
Avoyelles Parish stamps QUIET · LIGHT - still check the parcel card
On Avoyelles Parish's published figures (QUIET · LIGHT), a $122,400 median home carries a $249 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $25 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Louisiana.
Property Tax History · QUIET · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $249 +2.0% | 0.20% |
| 2023 | $244 +22.6% | 0.20% |
| 2022 | $199 +0.0% | 0.16% |
| 2021 | $199 +0.0% | 0.19% |
| 2020 | $199 | 0.19% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate far below the national average of 0.92% puts Avoyelles Parish in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Avoyelles Parish or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Avoyelles Parish sits nearest Bibb County (AL), Clay County (AL), Kauai County (HI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Chisago County (MN), Lincoln County (MN), Lewis County (WV).
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
What tax filers report in Avoyelles Parish
Of the 15,520 federal returns filed from Avoyelles Parish in 2022, 210 (1.4% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $1,729 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 38% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Avoyelles Parish's numbers
- Avoyelles Parish's $249 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
- Income burden is light here: about 0.6% of Avoyelles Parish's $39,325 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Avoyelles Parish ranks #63 of 64 Louisiana counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Louisiana overview →
- If Avoyelles Parish's assessment looks high versus the $122,400 typical home, check Louisiana's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($122,400); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Avoyelles Parish, both outside Louisiana so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.20%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $249/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Avoyelles Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Avoyelles Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Allen Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $267/yr (near-tied bill ABS $18); rate 0.26% vs Avoyelles Parish 0.20%.
Lamar County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $274/yr (near-tied bill ABS $25); rate 0.24% vs Avoyelles Parish 0.20%.
East Carroll Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $277/yr (near-tied bill ABS $28); rate 0.28% vs Avoyelles Parish 0.20%.
Tensas Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $221/yr (near-tied bill ABS $28); rate 0.26% vs Avoyelles Parish 0.20%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Avoyelles Parish stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Avoyelles Parish. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.