Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lincoln Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lincoln Parish pays $971 a year, an effective rate of 0.46%, far below the U.S. average.
- $971
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.46%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -51%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Lincoln Parish pay a median $971 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.46%, more affordable than 88% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $971
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.46%
- Effective rate on median home
- #389 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 ($210,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 48,174. Owner-occupied homes: 9,938.
The median annual property tax in Lincoln Parish is $971, which is 18% lower than the Louisiana state average and 51% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.46% on a median home value of $210,100. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Lincoln Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish pay a median annual property tax of $971, far below the national median and notably lower than the Louisiana state median. On a $210,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.46% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
Lincoln Parish ranks #24 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (63% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Lincoln Parish run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $39,172 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lincoln 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
Lincoln Parish sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 0.9% up, against a median home value that rose 37.9%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 39.1%, from $698 to $971.
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 39% from $698 to $971. 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: 3,488 of 9,938 owner-occupied homes (35.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
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 2.5% 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 Lincoln Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lincoln Parish homeowners, 3,488 of 9,938 owner-occupied homes (35.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 35.1% (3,488)
- $800 to $1,499 19.5% (1,939)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.0% (895)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.8% (1,172)
- $3,000 or more 7.1% (708)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,736 homes here (17.5%) 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 Lincoln Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+93%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Lincoln Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lincoln Parish's effective rate is higher than 63% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #24 of 64.
Where Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish moved from $698 in the 2020 release to $971 in 2024, a change of about 39%. 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.
Lincoln Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lincoln Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.5% | - | - |
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.
Lincoln Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Lincoln Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $971 -0.4% | 0.46% |
| 2023 | $975 +11.3% | 0.50% |
| 2022 | $876 +20.5% | 0.48% |
| 2021 | $727 +4.2% | 0.46% |
| 2020 | $698 | 0.46% |
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.
Lincoln Parish: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Lincoln Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Lincoln Parish sits nearest Jasper County (IN), Washington County (FL), Logan County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bastrop County (TX), White County (IN), McLeod County (MN).
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
Lincoln Parish: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 950 of 17,520 returns from Lincoln Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,888 - 40% 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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Lincoln Parish rate FAQs
- How does Lincoln Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Lincoln Parish is $971, an effective rate of 0.46% on a $210,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Lincoln Parish?
- Lincoln Parish, Louisiana scores C (58/100) 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 (0.46%). 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 Lincoln Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lincoln Parish jumped 39.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $698 to $971, 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 Lincoln Parish?
- Property taxes in Lincoln Parish run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $39,172 median household income.
What to do with Lincoln Parish's QUIET rate
Lincoln Parish's $971 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 →
Lincoln Parish ranks #24 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 Lincoln 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: $971/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lincoln Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lincoln Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Adair County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lincoln Parish at $971/yr; rate 0.64% vs Lincoln Parish 0.46%.
Jennings County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lincoln Parish at $971/yr; rate 0.60% vs Lincoln Parish 0.46%.
Crawford County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $972/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.56% vs Lincoln Parish 0.46%.
Graves County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $970/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.66% vs Lincoln Parish 0.46%.
Harrison County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Lincoln Parish on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.89% vs 0.46%).
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.