Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
St. Helena Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in St. Helena Parish pays $469 a year, an effective rate of 0.61%, far below the U.S. average.
- $469
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.61%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -76%
- vs U.S. average
- #7 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in St. Helena Parish pay a median $469 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.61%, more affordable than 70% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $469
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.61%
- Effective rate on median home
- #932 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -76%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($77,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 10,858. Owner-occupied homes: 3,297.
The median annual property tax in St. Helena Parish is $469, which is 60% lower than the Louisiana state average and 76% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.61% on a median home value of $77,300. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Why St. Helena Parish's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in St. Helena Parish pay a median annual property tax of $469, far below the national median and far below the Louisiana state median. On a $77,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.61% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Louisiana counties by effective rate
St. Helena Parish ranks #7 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (89% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in St. Helena Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $41,934 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
St. Helena Parish's 0.61% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 70%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.7%, from $448 to $469. 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 St. Helena 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 26% from $373 to $469. 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: 2,293 of 3,297 homes (69.5%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.1% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 St. Helena Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
Most St. Helena Parish homeowners are not billed at all: 2,293 of 3,297 owner-occupied homes (69.5%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 20.9% (688)
- $800 to $1,499 5.5% (182)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.5% (81)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.8% (28)
- $3,000 or more 0.8% (25)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,293 homes here (69.5%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of St. Helena Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in St. Helena Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+124%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
St. Helena Parish's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around St. Helena Parish's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
St. Helena Parish's median bill is 60% below the Louisiana median and 76% below the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in St. Helena Parish moved from $373 in the 2020 release to $469 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.
St. Helena Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | St. Helena Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.1% | - | - |
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. Helena Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
St. Helena Parish bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $469 +4.7% | 0.61% |
| 2023 | $448 -0.2% | 0.42% |
| 2022 | $449 +9.0% | 0.43% |
| 2021 | $412 +10.5% | 0.49% |
| 2020 | $373 | 0.32% |
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. Helena Parish: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near St. Helena Parish's median bill
On effective rate, St. Helena Parish sits nearest Logan County (KY), Livingston County (KY), Elliott County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Crawford County (MI), Monroe County (FL), McClain County (OK).
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. Helena Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 5,340 returns from St. Helena Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,270 - 30% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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. Helena Parish bill FAQs
- How does St. Helena Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in St. Helena Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.61% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in St. Helena Parish?
- Property taxes in St. Helena Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $41,934 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in St. Helena Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for St. Helena Parish is recorded at $469 in the 2024 5-year release against $373 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 3,297 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 is the average property tax in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in St. Helena Parish is $469, an effective rate of 0.61% on a $77,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for St. Helena Parish?
- St. Helena Parish, Louisiana scores A- (80/100) 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 bill size at A+ ($469/yr). 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 to do with St. Helena Parish's LIGHT bill
St. Helena Parish's $469 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 1.1% of St. Helena Parish's $41,934 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for St. Helena Parish's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.61%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $469/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with St. Helena Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for St. Helena Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Smith County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with St. Helena Parish at $469/yr; rate 0.42% vs St. Helena Parish 0.61%.
Clay County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $470/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.50% vs St. Helena Parish 0.61%.
Searcy County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $468/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs St. Helena Parish 0.61%.
Buffalo County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $473/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.40% vs St. Helena Parish 0.61%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
St. Helena 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. Helena Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.