Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bossier Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bossier Parish pays $1,445 a year, an effective rate of 0.64%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,445
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.64%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -27%
- vs U.S. average
- #4 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Bossier Parish pay a median $1,445 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.64%, more affordable than 67% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,445
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.64%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1040 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -27%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($227,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 129,789. Owner-occupied homes: 33,084.
The median annual property tax in Bossier Parish is $1,445, which is 22% higher than the Louisiana state average and 27% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.64% on a median home value of $227,200. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Bossier Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bossier Parish's 0.64% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 67%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Louisiana counties by effective rate
Bossier Parish ranks #4 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (94% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Bossier Parish pay a median annual property tax of $1,445, well below the national median and notably higher than the Louisiana state median. On a $227,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.64% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Bossier Parish run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $69,617 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bossier 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 11.5% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 53% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 28.6%, the median bill rose 13.8% to $1,445: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 $1,270 to $1,445, a gain of 14%. 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: 8,908 of 33,084 owner-occupied homes (26.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.1% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Bossier Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bossier Parish homeowners, 8,908 of 33,084 owner-occupied homes (26.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.9% (8,908)
- $800 to $1,499 18.3% (6,062)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.3% (3,065)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.8% (5,543)
- $3,000 or more 16.2% (5,364)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
4,142 homes here (12.5%) 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 Bossier Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+81%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Bossier Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bossier Parish's effective rate is higher than 94% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #4 of 64.
Where Bossier Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.64% Among the most affordable more affordable than 67% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Above Louisiana on both measures
Bossier Parish's effective rate runs 16% over the Louisiana median and its bill 22% over. When both move together the rate is not being offset by cheaper housing, so the $1,445 median bill is carrying the full weight of the higher rate rather than a valuation difference. This is a comparison of two published medians, not a statement about any individual parcel.
Bossier Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bossier Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Bossier Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Bossier Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,445 +4.7% | 0.64% |
| 2023 | $1,380 -1.0% | 0.64% |
| 2022 | $1,394 +8.3% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | $1,287 +1.3% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | $1,270 | 0.72% |
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.
Bossier Parish: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Bossier Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Bossier Parish sits nearest Whitley County (KY), McLean County (KY), Lewis County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Washington County (ID), Hinds County (MS), Johnson County (AR).
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
Bossier Parish: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,740 of 56,000 returns from Bossier Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,331 - 37% 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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Bossier Parish rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Bossier Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Bossier Parish is $1,445, an effective rate of 0.64% on a $227,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Bossier Parish?
- Bossier Parish, Louisiana scores C- (54/100) 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 B- (0.64%). 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 Bossier Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bossier Parish run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.64% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bossier Parish?
- Property taxes in Bossier Parish run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $69,617 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bossier Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bossier Parish climbed 13.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,270 to $1,445, 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 Bossier Parish's QUIET rate
Bossier Parish's $1,445 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 →
Bossier Parish ranks #4 of 64 Louisiana counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Louisiana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Bossier 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: 0.64%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,445/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bossier Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bossier Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Doniphan County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bossier Parish at $1,445/yr; rate 1.07% vs Bossier Parish 0.64%.
Meriwether County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bossier Parish at $1,445/yr; rate 0.86% vs Bossier Parish 0.64%.
Scurry County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bossier Parish at $1,445/yr; rate 1.27% vs Bossier Parish 0.64%.
Augusta County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,446/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.47% vs Bossier Parish 0.64%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bossier 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 Bossier Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.