Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Rapides Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Rapides Parish pays $1,000 a year, an effective rate of 0.55%, far below the U.S. average.
- $1,000
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.55%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -50%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Rapides Parish pay a median $1,000 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.55%, more affordable than 78% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,000
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.55%
- Effective rate on median home
- #694 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -50%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($181,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 127,527. Owner-occupied homes: 31,735.
The median annual property tax in Rapides Parish is $1,000, which is 15% lower than the Louisiana state average and 50% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.55% on a median home value of $181,100. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Rapides Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Rapides Parish's 0.55% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 78%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Rapides Parish pay a median annual property tax of $1,000, far below the national median and notably lower than the Louisiana state median. On a $181,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.55% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Louisiana counties by effective rate
Rapides Parish ranks #11 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (83% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Rapides Parish run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $54,967 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Rapides 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
Rapides Parish sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.5% up, against a median home value that rose 23.0%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 26.1%, from $793 to $1,000.
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 26% from $793 to $1,000. 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: 10,497 of 31,735 homes (33.1%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
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 1.8% 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 Rapides Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Rapides Parish homeowners are not billed at all: 10,497 of 31,735 owner-occupied homes (33.1%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 30.0% (9,515)
- $800 to $1,499 11.9% (3,791)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.4% (2,023)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.6% (2,420)
- $3,000 or more 11.0% (3,489)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
10,497 homes here (33.1%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Rapides Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Rapides Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+166%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Rapides Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Rapides Parish's effective rate is higher than 83% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #11 of 64.
Where Rapides Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.55% Among the most affordable more affordable than 78% 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 Rapides Parish moved from $793 in the 2020 release to $1,000 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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.
Rapides Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Rapides Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Rapides Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Rapides Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,000 -2.3% | 0.55% |
| 2023 | $1,024 +8.9% | 0.57% |
| 2022 | $940 +15.3% | 0.55% |
| 2021 | $815 +2.8% | 0.53% |
| 2020 | $793 | 0.54% |
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.
Rapides Parish: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Rapides Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Rapides Parish sits nearest Wolfe County (KY), Todd County (KY), Rowan County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Montour County (PA), Isanti County (MN), Houston County (GA).
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
Rapides Parish: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,030 of 54,530 returns from Rapides Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,379 - 34% 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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Rapides Parish rate FAQs
- How does Rapides Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Rapides Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.55% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Rapides Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Rapides Parish is $1,000, an effective rate of 0.55% on a $181,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Rapides Parish?
- Rapides Parish, Louisiana scores C+ (63/100) 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+ (0.55%). 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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Rapides Parish?
- Property taxes in Rapides Parish run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $54,967 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Rapides Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Rapides Parish jumped 26.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $793 to $1,000, 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 Rapides Parish's QUIET rate
Rapides Parish's $1,000 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 1.8% of Rapides Parish's $54,967 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Rapides 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: 0.55%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,000/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Rapides Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Rapides Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Alleghany County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Rapides Parish at $1,000/yr; rate 0.79% vs Rapides Parish 0.55%.
Hardin County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,001/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.96% vs Rapides Parish 0.55%.
Ohio County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $999/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Rapides Parish 0.55%.
Wilkes County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,002/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.59% vs Rapides Parish 0.55%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Rapides 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 Rapides Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.