Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
St. Bernard Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in St. Bernard Parish pays $961 a year, an effective rate of 0.47%, far below the U.S. average.
- $961
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.47%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -52%
- vs U.S. average
- #20 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in St. Bernard Parish pay a median $961 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.47%, more affordable than 87% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $961
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.47%
- Effective rate on median home
- #418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -52%
- 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: 44,419. Owner-occupied homes: 11,377.
The median annual property tax in St. Bernard Parish is $961, which is 19% lower than the Louisiana state average and 52% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.47% on a median home value of $202,500. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
St. Bernard Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
St. Bernard Parish's 0.47% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 87%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in St. Bernard Parish pay a median annual property tax of $961, 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 0.47% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in St. Bernard Parish run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $58,651 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
St. Bernard Parish ranks #20 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (69% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in St. Bernard 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
St. Bernard Parish's effective rate fell 14.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 32.7%, leaving the median bill 14.0% higher at $961. That rate move is larger than the one in 59% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $843 to $961, a gain of 14%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 3,462 of 11,377 owner-occupied homes (30.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.6% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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
43.0% of St. Bernard Parish homes owned free and clear (2,139 of 4,974) report no property tax at all, against 18.4% 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 St. Bernard Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of St. Bernard Parish homeowners, 3,462 of 11,377 owner-occupied homes (30.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 30.4% (3,462)
- $800 to $1,499 19.0% (2,164)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.3% (831)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.9% (899)
- $3,000 or more 6.2% (706)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,315 homes here (29.1%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of St. Bernard Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in St. Bernard Parish pay a substantially higher bill, 46% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
St. Bernard Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
St. Bernard Parish's effective rate is higher than 69% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #20 of 64.
Where St. Bernard Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.47% Among the most affordable more affordable than 87% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Louisiana on both measures
St. Bernard Parish's effective rate runs 15% under the Louisiana median and its bill 19% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $961 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Louisiana norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
St. Bernard Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | St. Bernard Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
St. Bernard Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
St. Bernard Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $961 -1.5% | 0.47% |
| 2023 | $976 +5.2% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | $928 +14.3% | 0.50% |
| 2021 | $812 -3.7% | 0.51% |
| 2020 | $843 | 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.
St. Bernard Parish: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near St. Bernard Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, St. Bernard Parish sits nearest Yuma County (CO), Cheyenne County (CO), St. Francis County (AR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Marathon County (WI), Benton County (MO), Meade County (KY).
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
St. Bernard Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 440 of 18,390 returns from St. Bernard Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,614 - 36% 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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St. Bernard Parish rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for St. Bernard Parish?
- St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana scores B (72/100) 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 (0.47%). 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 St. Bernard Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in St. Bernard Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.47% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in St. Bernard Parish is $961, an effective rate of 0.47% on a $202,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in St. Bernard Parish?
- Property taxes in St. Bernard Parish run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $58,651 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in St. Bernard Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for St. Bernard Parish climbed 14.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $843 to $961, 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 St. Bernard Parish's QUIET rate
St. Bernard Parish's $961 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 1.6% of St. Bernard Parish's $58,651 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for St. Bernard 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: 0.47%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $961/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with St. Bernard Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for St. Bernard Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Baldwin County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $960/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.30% vs St. Bernard Parish 0.47%.
Barton County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $963/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.71% vs St. Bernard Parish 0.47%.
Greenwood County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $964/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.53% vs St. Bernard Parish 0.47%.
Jones County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $964/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.74% vs St. Bernard Parish 0.47%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.