Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
East Baton Rouge Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in East Baton Rouge Parish pays $1,656 a year, an effective rate of 0.67%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,656
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.67%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -17%
- vs U.S. average
- #3 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in East Baton Rouge Parish pay a median $1,656 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.67%, more affordable than 63% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,656
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.67%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1158 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -17%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($248,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 452,938. Owner-occupied homes: 105,101.
The median annual property tax in East Baton Rouge Parish is $1,656, which is 40% higher than the Louisiana state average and 17% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.67% on a median home value of $248,800. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
East Baton Rouge Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
East Baton Rouge Parish's 0.67% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 63%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Louisiana counties by effective rate
East Baton Rouge Parish ranks #3 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (95% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits above the Louisiana median
Homeowners in East Baton Rouge Parish pay a median annual property tax of $1,656, notably lower than the national median and well above the Louisiana state median. On a $248,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.67% 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 East Baton Rouge Parish run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $63,071 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in East Baton Rouge 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.
The rate held while the market moved
East Baton Rouge Parish sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 6.4% up, against a median home value that rose 23.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 31.6%, from $1,258 to $1,656.
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 32% from $1,258 to $1,656. 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: 24,961 of 105,101 owner-occupied homes (23.7%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.6% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 East Baton Rouge Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of East Baton Rouge Parish homeowners, 24,961 of 105,101 owner-occupied homes (23.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 23.7% (24,961)
- $800 to $1,499 18.9% (19,914)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.0% (12,570)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.1% (16,901)
- $3,000 or more 22.1% (23,264)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
7,491 homes here (7.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in East Baton Rouge Parish pay a substantially higher bill, 37% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
East Baton Rouge Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
East Baton Rouge Parish's effective rate is higher than 95% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #3 of 64.
Where East Baton Rouge Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.67% Among the most affordable more affordable than 63% 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 East Baton Rouge Parish moved from $1,258 in the 2020 release to $1,656 in 2024, a change of about 32%. 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.
East Baton Rouge Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | East Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
East Baton Rouge Parish is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
East Baton Rouge Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,656 +7.0% | 0.67% |
| 2023 | $1,547 +3.9% | 0.64% |
| 2022 | $1,489 +9.4% | 0.64% |
| 2021 | $1,361 +8.2% | 0.66% |
| 2020 | $1,258 | 0.63% |
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.
East Baton Rouge Parish: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near East Baton Rouge Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, East Baton Rouge Parish sits nearest Metcalfe County (KY), Hickman County (KY), Estill County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Smith County (TN), Swift County (MN), Macon County (NC).
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
East Baton Rouge Parish: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 12,810 of 192,970 returns from East Baton Rouge Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,486 - 36% 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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East Baton Rouge Parish rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in East Baton Rouge Parish is $1,656, an effective rate of 0.67% on a $248,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does East Baton Rouge Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in East Baton Rouge Parish run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.67% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for East Baton Rouge Parish?
- East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana scores D (47/100) 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 C+ (0.67%). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in East Baton Rouge Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for East Baton Rouge Parish jumped 31.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,258 to $1,656, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in East Baton Rouge Parish?
- Property taxes in East Baton Rouge Parish run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $63,071 median household income.
What to do with East Baton Rouge Parish's QUIET rate
Inside Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish's $1,656 median bill runs high versus the state median - compare the rest of the state before judging the burden. Louisiana overview →
East Baton Rouge Parish ranks #3 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 East Baton Rouge 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: 0.67%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,656/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with East Baton Rouge Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for East Baton Rouge Parish (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Alger County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with East Baton Rouge Parish at $1,656/yr; rate 0.94% vs East Baton Rouge Parish 0.67%.
Lancaster County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,657/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.50% vs East Baton Rouge Parish 0.67%.
Douglas County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,653/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.99% vs East Baton Rouge Parish 0.67%.
Sandusky County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,659/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.03% vs East Baton Rouge Parish 0.67%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
East Baton Rouge Parish stamps QUIET · MID - 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 East Baton Rouge Parish (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.