Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Vernon Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Vernon Parish pays $819 a year, an effective rate of 0.53%, far below the U.S. average.
- $819
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.53%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -59%
- vs U.S. average
- #17 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Vernon Parish pay a median $819 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.53%, more affordable than 80% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $819
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.53%
- Effective rate on median home
- #619 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -59%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($156,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 47,117. Owner-occupied homes: 10,248.
The median annual property tax in Vernon Parish is $819, which is 31% lower than the Louisiana state average and 59% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.53% on a median home value of $156,000. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Vernon Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Vernon Parish's 0.53% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 80%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Vernon Parish pay a median annual property tax of $819, far below the national median and well below the Louisiana state median. On a $156,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.53% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Vernon Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $57,270 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
Vernon Parish ranks #17 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Vernon 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
Vernon Parish's effective rate fell 12.3% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 23.8%, leaving the median bill 8.6% higher at $819. That rate move is larger than the one in 50% 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $754 to $819, a change of 9%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 5,879 of 10,248 homes (57.4%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.4% 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.
What Vernon Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Vernon Parish homeowners are not billed at all: 5,879 of 10,248 owner-occupied homes (57.4%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 21.1% (2,159)
- $800 to $1,499 9.4% (967)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.2% (429)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.6% (569)
- $3,000 or more 2.4% (245)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
5,879 homes here (57.4%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Vernon Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Vernon Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+233%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Vernon Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Vernon Parish's effective rate is higher than 73% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #17 of 64.
Where Vernon Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.53% Among the most affordable more affordable than 80% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Louisiana, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 4% of the Louisiana median, yet the median bill runs 31% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $819 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Vernon Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Vernon 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 | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Vernon Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Vernon Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $819 +5.5% | 0.53% |
| 2023 | $776 -11.4% | 0.54% |
| 2022 | $876 +9.4% | 0.62% |
| 2021 | $801 +6.2% | 0.64% |
| 2020 | $754 | 0.60% |
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.
Vernon Parish: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Vernon Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Vernon Parish sits nearest Harrison County (IN), Monroe County (FL), Gadsden County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Harford County (MD), Grant County (WI), Bowie County (TX).
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
Vernon Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 300 of 18,850 returns from Vernon Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,427 - 43% 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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Vernon Parish rate FAQs
- How does Vernon Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Vernon Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.53% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Vernon Parish?
- Vernon Parish, Louisiana scores B (71/100) 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 income room at A (1.4%). 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 Vernon Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Vernon Parish is $819, an effective rate of 0.53% on a $156,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Vernon Parish?
- Property taxes in Vernon Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $57,270 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Vernon Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Vernon Parish climbed 8.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $754 to $819, 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 Vernon Parish's QUIET rate
Vernon Parish's $819 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 1.4% of Vernon Parish's $57,270 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Vernon 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: 0.53%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $819/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Vernon Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Vernon Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Greene County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vernon Parish at $819/yr; rate 0.48% vs Vernon Parish 0.53%.
Pleasants County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vernon Parish at $819/yr; rate 0.54% vs Vernon Parish 0.53%.
Brunswick County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $820/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Vernon Parish 0.53%.
Copiah County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $820/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.72% vs Vernon Parish 0.53%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Vernon 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 Vernon Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.