Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Richland Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Richland Parish pays $401 a year, an effective rate of 0.28%, far below the U.S. average.
- $401
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.28%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -80%
- vs U.S. average
- #59 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Richland Parish pay a median $401 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.28%, more affordable than 99% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $401
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.28%
- Effective rate on median home
- #42 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -80%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($141,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 19,822. Owner-occupied homes: 4,836.
The median annual property tax in Richland Parish is $401, which is 66% lower than the Louisiana state average and 80% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.28% on a median home value of $141,900. Property taxes represent 0.7% of the median household income in this county.
Richland Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Richland Parish's 0.28% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 99% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Richland Parish pay a median annual property tax of $401, far below the national median and far below the Louisiana state median. On a $141,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.28% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Louisiana counties by effective rate
Richland Parish ranks #59 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (8% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Richland Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.7% of the $53,544 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has declined 8.4%, from $438 to $401. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Richland 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 40% from $286 to $401. 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: 2,105 of 4,836 owner-occupied homes (43.5%) 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 0.7% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
39.2% of Richland Parish homes owned free and clear (1,072 of 2,736) report no property tax at all, against 36.1% 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 Richland Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Richland Parish homeowners, 2,105 of 4,836 owner-occupied homes (43.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 43.5% (2,105)
- $800 to $1,499 8.7% (422)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.5% (219)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.5% (218)
- $3,000 or more 0.8% (41)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,831 homes here (37.9%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Richland Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Richland Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+178%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Richland Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Richland Parish's effective rate is higher than 8% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #59 of 64.
Where Richland Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.28% Among the most affordable more affordable than 99% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.28%, Richland Parish sits in the lowest 1% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $401, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Richland Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Richland Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 0.7% | - | - |
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.
Richland Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Richland Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $401 -8.4% | 0.28% |
| 2023 | $438 +18.7% | 0.35% |
| 2022 | $369 +29.9% | 0.30% |
| 2021 | $284 -0.7% | 0.26% |
| 2020 | $286 | 0.27% |
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.
Richland Parish: tax takes only 0.7% of income
Counties near Richland Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Richland Parish sits nearest Honolulu County (HI), Hawaii County (HI), Ouray County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Meade County (KS), Lincoln County (OK), Cowlitz County (WA).
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
Richland Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 170 of 8,200 returns from Richland Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,012 - 41% 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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Richland Parish rate FAQs
- How does Richland Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Richland Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.28% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Richland Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Richland Parish is $401, an effective rate of 0.28% on a $141,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Richland Parish?
- Richland Parish, Louisiana scores A (87/100) 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+ (0.28%). 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 Richland Parish?
- Property taxes in Richland Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.7% of the $53,544 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Richland Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Richland Parish is recorded at $401 in the 2024 5-year release against $286 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 4,836 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 Richland Parish's QUIET rate
Richland Parish's $401 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 0.7% of Richland Parish's $53,544 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Richland 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: 0.28%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $401/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Richland Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Richland Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
McMullen County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $400/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Richland Parish 0.28%.
Claiborne County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $403/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.49% vs Richland Parish 0.28%.
Covington County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $397/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.26% vs Richland Parish 0.28%.
Clarke County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $396/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.33% vs Richland Parish 0.28%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Richland 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 Richland Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.