Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Union Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Union Parish pays $518 a year, an effective rate of 0.46%, far below the U.S. average.
- $518
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.46%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -74%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Union Parish pay a median $518 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.46%, more affordable than 88% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $518
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.46%
- Effective rate on median home
- #389 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -74%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($112,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 20,821. Owner-occupied homes: 6,623.
The median annual property tax in Union Parish is $518, which is 56% lower than the Louisiana state average and 74% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.46% on a median home value of $112,500. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Union Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Union 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 Union Parish pay a median annual property tax of $518, far below the national median and far below the Louisiana state median. On a $112,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.46% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Union Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $42,885 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
Union Parish ranks #24 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (63% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 10.2%, from $470 to $518. 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 Union 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 58% from $328 to $518. 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: 3,001 of 6,623 owner-occupied homes (45.3%) 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 1.2% 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
39.0% of Union Parish homes owned free and clear (1,659 of 4,251) report no property tax at all, against 22.2% 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 Union Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Union Parish homeowners, 3,001 of 6,623 owner-occupied homes (45.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 45.3% (3,001)
- $800 to $1,499 11.3% (750)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.8% (319)
- $2,000 to $2,999 2.4% (161)
- $3,000 or more 3.1% (207)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,185 homes here (33.0%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Union Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Union Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+68%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Union Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Union Parish's effective rate is higher than 63% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #24 of 64.
Where Union 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 Union Parish moved from $328 in the 2020 release to $518 in 2024, a change of about 58%. 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.
Union Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Union Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
Union Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Union Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $518 +10.2% | 0.46% |
| 2023 | $470 +14.6% | 0.41% |
| 2022 | $410 +7.0% | 0.35% |
| 2021 | $383 +16.8% | 0.41% |
| 2020 | $328 | 0.35% |
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.
Union Parish: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Union Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Union Parish sits nearest Jasper County (IN), Washington County (FL), Logan County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Gray County (KS), Pulaski County (IN), Big Stone 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
Union Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 190 of 8,760 returns from Union Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,258 - 37% 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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Union Parish rate FAQs
- How does Union Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Union Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.46% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Union Parish?
- Union Parish, Louisiana scores A- (84/100) 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+ ($518/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 is the average property tax in Union Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Union Parish is $518, an effective rate of 0.46% on a $112,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Union Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Union Parish is recorded at $518 in the 2024 5-year release against $328 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 6,623 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Union Parish?
- Property taxes in Union Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $42,885 median household income.
What to do with Union Parish's QUIET rate
Union Parish's $518 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 1.2% of Union Parish's $42,885 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Union 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: $518/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Union Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Union Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Greenlee County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Union Parish at $518/yr; rate 0.33% vs Union Parish 0.46%.
Pushmataha County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Union Parish at $518/yr; rate 0.39% vs Union Parish 0.46%.
Bent County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $517/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.35% vs Union Parish 0.46%.
Jefferson County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $517/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.63% vs Union Parish 0.46%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Union 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 Union Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.