Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bienville Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bienville Parish pays $301 a year, an effective rate of 0.30%, far below the U.S. average.
- $301
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.30%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -85%
- vs U.S. average
- #54 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Bienville Parish pay a median $301 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.30%, more affordable than 98% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $301
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.30%
- Effective rate on median home
- #65 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -85%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($99,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 12,638. Owner-occupied homes: 3,901.
The median annual property tax in Bienville Parish is $301, which is 74% lower than the Louisiana state average and 85% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.30% on a median home value of $99,500. Property taxes represent 0.9% of the median household income in this county.
Bienville Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Bienville Parish's 0.30% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 98% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Bienville Parish pay a median annual property tax of $301, far below the national median and far below the Louisiana state median. On a $99,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.30% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Bienville Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.9% of the $35,011 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Louisiana counties by effective rate
Bienville Parish ranks #54 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (16% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 0.7%, from $299 to $301. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bienville 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 26% from $239 to $301. 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 single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 1,874 of 3,901 homes (48.0%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
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 0.9% 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.
What Bienville Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Bienville Parish homeowners are not billed at all: 1,874 of 3,901 owner-occupied homes (48.0%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 39.3% (1,534)
- $800 to $1,499 8.4% (329)
- $1,500 to $1,999 1.3% (52)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.6% (22)
- $3,000 or more 2.3% (90)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,874 homes here (48.0%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Bienville Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Bienville Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+206%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Bienville Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bienville Parish's effective rate is higher than 16% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #54 of 64.
Where Bienville Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.30% Among the most affordable more affordable than 98% 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 0.30%, Bienville Parish sits in the lowest 2% 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 $301, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Bienville Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bienville 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 | 0.9% | - | - |
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.
Bienville Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Bienville Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $301 +0.7% | 0.30% |
| 2023 | $299 +27.2% | 0.32% |
| 2022 | $235 +6.8% | 0.27% |
| 2021 | $220 -7.9% | 0.30% |
| 2020 | $239 | 0.32% |
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.
Bienville Parish: tax takes only 0.9% of income
Counties near Bienville Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Bienville Parish sits nearest Valley County (ID), Prowers County (CO), Tallapoosa County (AL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Isle of Wight County (VA), Audrain County (MO), Osage County (OK).
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
Bienville Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 120 of 5,260 returns from Bienville Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,500 - 42% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Bienville Parish rate FAQs
- How does Bienville Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bienville Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.30% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Bienville Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Bienville Parish is $301, an effective rate of 0.30% on a $99,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Bienville Parish?
- Bienville Parish, Louisiana scores A (86/100) 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 rate relief at A+ (0.30%). 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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bienville Parish?
- Property taxes in Bienville Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.9% of the $35,011 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bienville Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bienville Parish is recorded at $301 in the 2024 5-year release against $239 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 3,901 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
What to do with Bienville Parish's QUIET rate
Bienville Parish's $301 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 0.9% of Bienville Parish's $35,011 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Bienville 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: 0.30%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $301/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bienville Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bienville Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Marion County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bienville Parish at $301/yr; rate 0.28% vs Bienville Parish 0.30%.
Webster County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $303/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.40% vs Bienville Parish 0.30%.
Bibb County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $298/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.20% vs Bienville Parish 0.30%.
Harding County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $305/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.44% vs Bienville Parish 0.30%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bienville 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Bienville Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.