Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in St. Charles Parish is $805.00 per year, based on a median home value of $170,200.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.47% of property value.

St. Charles Parish collects relatively low property taxes, and is ranked in the bottom half of all counties in the United States by property tax collections. Of the sixty-four counties in Louisiana, St. Charles Parish is ranked 3rd by median property taxes, and 3rd by median tax as percentage of home value.

Compared to other counties in Louisiana, St. Charles Parish collects a relatively high percentage of each property's value as tax. Combined with home values that are $34,800.00 greater than the Louisiana median of $135,400.00, this results in the relatively high property taxes in St. Charles Parish.

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3rd out of 64 By median yearly property tax

3rd out of 64 By percentage of median home value

4th out of 64 By percentage of median income

You can see how St. Charles Parish (highlighted in green) compares to the sixty-four other counties in Louisiana with the bar chart above, sorted by median property tax in dollars. For a visual map of county property tax rates in Louisiana, see our Louisiana county property tax map.

Remember: Real estate prices also play a large part in which Louisiana counties have the highest and lowest median property taxes. Higher-valued properties will generally have higher taxes, even if the median percentage of home value levied as property tax is different. For comparisons, you can also use Percentage Of Home Value.

Property tax assessments in St. Charles Parish are the responsibility of the St. Charles Parish Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Hahnville, Louisiana.

If you need to pay your property tax bill, ask about a property tax assessment, look up the St. Charles Parish property tax due date, or find property tax records, visit the St. Charles Parish Tax Assessor's page. Applications for the St. Charles Parish homestead exemption, any property tax appeals, and applications for a current use tax reduction must also be submitted to the St. Charles Parish Assessor's Office.

For some properties, you can easily find the most recent tax assessment by looking up the property address with our property records search. You can also use our St. Charles Parish Property Tax Calculator to estimate your property tax based on median tax values (results open in new page).