Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Cameron Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Cameron Parish pays $936 a year, an effective rate of 0.46%, far below the U.S. average.
- $936
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.46%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -53%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Cameron Parish pay a median $936 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.46%, more affordable than 88% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $936
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.46%
- Effective rate on median home
- #389 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -53%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($202,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 5,015. Owner-occupied homes: 1,925.
The median annual property tax in Cameron Parish is $936, which is 21% lower than the Louisiana state average and 53% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.46% on a median home value of $202,500. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Cameron Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Cameron Parish's 0.46% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 88%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Cameron Parish pay a median annual property tax of $936, far below the national median and notably lower than the Louisiana state median. On a $202,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.46% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Cameron Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $75,278 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 15.0%, from $814 to $936. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
Cameron Parish ranks #24 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (63% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Cameron 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 36% from $689 to $936. 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: 670 of 1,925 homes (34.8%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 1.2% 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.
What Cameron Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Cameron Parish homeowners are not billed at all: 670 of 1,925 owner-occupied homes (34.8%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 26.8% (515)
- $800 to $1,499 21.5% (414)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.8% (53)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.8% (151)
- $3,000 or more 6.3% (122)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
670 homes here (34.8%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Cameron Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Cameron Parish pay about the same bill, within a 1% gap either way.
Cameron Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Cameron Parish's effective rate is higher than 63% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #24 of 64.
Where Cameron Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.46% Among the most affordable more affordable than 88% 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 Cameron Parish moved from $689 in the 2020 release to $936 in 2024, a change of about 36%. 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.
Cameron Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Cameron Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
Cameron Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Cameron Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $936 +15.0% | 0.46% |
| 2023 | $814 -8.1% | 0.44% |
| 2022 | $886 +13.2% | 0.50% |
| 2021 | $783 +13.6% | 0.51% |
| 2020 | $689 | 0.55% |
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.
Cameron Parish: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Cameron Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Cameron Parish sits nearest Jasper County (IN), Washington County (FL), Logan County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Union County (GA), San Juan County (UT), Clinton County (OH).
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
Cameron Parish: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 2,510 returns from Cameron Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,500 - 100% 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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Cameron Parish rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Cameron Parish?
- Cameron Parish, Louisiana scores A (85/100) 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 A+ (1.2%). 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 Cameron Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Cameron Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.46% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Cameron Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Cameron Parish is $936, an effective rate of 0.46% on a $202,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Cameron Parish?
- Property taxes in Cameron Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $75,278 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Cameron Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Cameron Parish is recorded at $936 in the 2024 5-year release against $689 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 1,925 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 Cameron Parish's QUIET rate
Cameron Parish's $936 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 1.2% of Cameron Parish's $75,278 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Cameron 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: 0.46%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $936/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Cameron Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Cameron Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Benton County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $937/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Cameron Parish 0.46%.
Chaves County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $935/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Cameron Parish 0.46%.
Clay County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $937/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.99% vs Cameron Parish 0.46%.
Lincoln County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $935/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.56% vs Cameron Parish 0.46%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Cameron 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 Cameron Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.