Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Webster Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Webster Parish pays $412 a year, an effective rate of 0.36%, far below the U.S. average.
- $412
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.36%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -79%
- vs U.S. average
- #43 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Webster Parish pay a median $412 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.36%, more affordable than 95% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $412
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.36%
- Effective rate on median home
- #152 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -79%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($114,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 35,820. Owner-occupied homes: 9,581.
The median annual property tax in Webster Parish is $412, which is 65% lower than the Louisiana state average and 79% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.36% on a median home value of $114,500. Property taxes represent 1.0% of the median household income in this county.
Webster Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Webster Parish's 0.36% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 95% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Webster Parish pay a median annual property tax of $412, far below the national median and far below the Louisiana state median. On a $114,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.36% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Webster Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $41,182 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
Webster Parish ranks #43 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (33% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Webster 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
Webster Parish's effective rate fell 13.3% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 34.2%, leaving the median bill 16.4% higher at $412. That rate move is larger than the one in 55% 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 $354 to $412, a gain of 16%. 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: 4,385 of 9,581 owner-occupied homes (45.8%) 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 1.0% 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 Webster Parish homes owned free and clear (2,379 of 6,064) report no property tax at all, against 32.5% 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 Webster Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Webster Parish homeowners, 4,385 of 9,581 owner-occupied homes (45.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 45.8% (4,385)
- $800 to $1,499 8.6% (826)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.9% (277)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.4% (326)
- $3,000 or more 2.6% (246)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,521 homes here (36.7%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Webster Parish homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Webster Parish pay more than double the bill of those without one (+125%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Webster Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Webster Parish's effective rate is higher than 33% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #43 of 64.
Where Webster Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.36% Among the most affordable more affordable than 95% 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 0.36%, Webster Parish sits in the lowest 5% 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 $412, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Webster Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Webster 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 | 1.0% | - | - |
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.
Webster Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Webster Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412 +2.5% | 0.36% |
| 2023 | $402 +7.2% | 0.38% |
| 2022 | $375 +8.1% | 0.37% |
| 2021 | $347 -2.0% | 0.40% |
| 2020 | $354 | 0.42% |
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.
Webster Parish: tax takes only 1.0% of income
Counties near Webster Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Webster Parish sits nearest Adams County (ID), Pitkin County (CO), Montrose County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Washington County (VT), Mobile County (AL), Buena Vista city (VA).
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
Webster Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 380 of 15,280 returns from Webster Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,034 - 32% 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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Webster Parish rate FAQs
- How does Webster Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Webster Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.36% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Webster Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Webster Parish is $412, an effective rate of 0.36% on a $114,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Webster Parish?
- Webster 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 income room at A+ (1.0%). 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 Webster Parish?
- Property taxes in Webster Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $41,182 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Webster Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Webster Parish climbed 16.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $354 to $412, 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 Webster Parish's QUIET rate
Webster Parish's $412 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 1.0% of Webster Parish's $41,182 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Webster 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: 0.36%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $412/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Webster Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Webster Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Buchanan County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $413/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.44% vs Webster Parish 0.36%.
St. Landry Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $411/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.29% vs Webster Parish 0.36%.
Gilmer County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $410/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.49% vs Webster Parish 0.36%.
Wolfe County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $414/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.55% vs Webster Parish 0.36%.
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Webster 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 Webster Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.