Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in St. Mary Parish is $263.00 per year, based on a median home value of $85,500.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.31% of property value.

St. Mary Parish collects fairly low property taxes, and is among the lower 25% of all counties in the United States ranked by property tax collections. Of the sixty-four counties in Louisiana, St. Mary Parish is ranked 30th by median property taxes, and 29th by median tax as percentage of home value.

While St. Mary Parish collects a median of 0.31% of a property's each year as property tax, the actual amount of property tax collected is lower compared to the rest of Louisiana. This is partially because the median property value in St. Mary Parish is $49,900.00 lower than the Louisiana median property value of $135,400.00.

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30th out of 64 By median yearly property tax

29th out of 64 By percentage of median home value

32nd out of 64 By percentage of median income

You can see how St. Mary 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. Mary Parish are the responsibility of the St. Mary Parish Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Franklin, Louisiana.

If you need to pay your property tax bill, ask about a property tax assessment, look up the St. Mary Parish property tax due date, or find property tax records, visit the St. Mary Parish Tax Assessor's page. Applications for the St. Mary Parish homestead exemption, any property tax appeals, and applications for a current use tax reduction must also be submitted to the St. Mary 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. Mary Parish Property Tax Calculator to estimate your property tax based on median tax values (results open in new page).