Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Calcasieu Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Calcasieu Parish pays $968 a year, an effective rate of 0.45%, far below the U.S. average.
- $968
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.45%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -51%
- vs U.S. average
- #29 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Calcasieu Parish pay a median $968 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.45%, more affordable than 89% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $968
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #359 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -51%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($217,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 207,088. Owner-occupied homes: 56,736.
The median annual property tax in Calcasieu Parish is $968, which is 18% lower than the Louisiana state average and 51% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.45% on a median home value of $217,000. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Calcasieu Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Calcasieu Parish's 0.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 89%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Calcasieu Parish pay a median annual property tax of $968, far below the national median and notably lower than the Louisiana state median. On a $217,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Calcasieu Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $67,564 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
Calcasieu Parish ranks #29 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (55% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Calcasieu 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 7.4% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 70% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 35.0%, the median bill rose 24.9% to $968: 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 $775 to $968, a gain of 25%. 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: 20,224 of 56,736 owner-occupied homes (35.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 1.4% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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
27.7% of Calcasieu Parish homes owned free and clear (7,695 of 27,750) report no property tax at all, against 13.0% 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 Calcasieu Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Calcasieu Parish homeowners, 20,224 of 56,736 owner-occupied homes (35.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 35.6% (20,224)
- $800 to $1,499 15.2% (8,647)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.4% (4,745)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.4% (5,918)
- $3,000 or more 10.1% (5,728)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
11,474 homes here (20.2%) 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 Calcasieu Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+94%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Calcasieu Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Calcasieu Parish's effective rate is higher than 55% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #29 of 64.
Where Calcasieu Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.45% Among the most affordable more affordable than 89% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Calcasieu Parish moved from $775 in the 2020 release to $968 in 2024, a change of about 25%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Calcasieu Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Calcasieu Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Calcasieu Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Calcasieu Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $968 +4.5% | 0.45% |
| 2023 | $926 +4.5% | 0.44% |
| 2022 | $886 +5.0% | 0.45% |
| 2021 | $844 +8.9% | 0.49% |
| 2020 | $775 | 0.48% |
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.
Calcasieu Parish: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Calcasieu Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Calcasieu Parish sits nearest Switzerland County (IN), Pulaski County (IN), Jefferson County (ID).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Santa Cruz County (CA), Tipton County (IN), Alpena County (MI).
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
Calcasieu Parish: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 3,520 of 82,720 returns from Calcasieu Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,238 - 37% of those reporters sat in the $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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Calcasieu Parish rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Calcasieu Parish?
- Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana scores B (71/100) 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 (0.45%). 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 Calcasieu Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Calcasieu Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Calcasieu Parish is $968, an effective rate of 0.45% on a $217,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Calcasieu Parish?
- Property taxes in Calcasieu Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $67,564 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Calcasieu Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Calcasieu Parish jumped 24.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $775 to $968, 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 Calcasieu Parish's QUIET rate
Calcasieu Parish's $968 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 1.4% of Calcasieu Parish's $67,564 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Calcasieu 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: 0.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $968/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Calcasieu Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Calcasieu Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Butler County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $967/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Calcasieu Parish 0.45%.
Hancock County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $967/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.09% vs Calcasieu Parish 0.45%.
Holt County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $967/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.70% vs Calcasieu Parish 0.45%.
Starke County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $967/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.61% vs Calcasieu Parish 0.45%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.