St. Martin Parish Property Taxes
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Effective Tax Rate
0.00%
16.7% below state avgMedian Annual Tax
$0
$51/mo escrow
Estimate Your Tax
Annual Tax
$0
Monthly
$0
Eff. Rate
0.40%
At a Glance
Median Home Value
$151,000
State avg ▼ $161,894
Tax w/ Mortgage/yr
$984
$82/mo escrow
Tax w/o Mortgage/yr
$332
$28/mo
State Tax Rate Rank
#31
of 64 counties (1 = lowest)
Data Story
About Property Taxes in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
St. Martin taxes well below U.S. median
St. Martin Parish's effective tax rate of 0.404% generates a median annual tax of $610, roughly one-quarter the national median property tax of $2,690. This places the parish comfortably in the bottom third of all American counties for tax burden.
Slightly above Louisiana's middle
St. Martin's rate of 0.404% sits just below Louisiana's state average of 0.421%, ranking the parish in the middle tier of Louisiana's 64 parishes. Median taxes of $610 annually exceed the statewide median of $732, placing residents near the state's average burden.
Moderate taxes in a low-tax region
St. Martin Parish (0.404%) taxes slightly more than St. Landry (0.297%) and Tensas (0.289%) but less than Tangipahoa (0.433%) and Terrebonne (0.451%). Among the eight-parish peer group, St. Martin ranks fourth in tax rate, making it a moderate-tax parish regionally.
Your annual tax on a median home
With a median home value of $151,000, St. Martin residents typically pay $610 per year in property taxes, or $984 when mortgage escrow is included. This amounts to about $51 monthly—reasonable by both state and national standards.
Appeal if your assessment is high
Many St. Martin Parish homeowners pay taxes on assessments higher than their home's true market value. Filing an assessment appeal costs nothing and often results in lower taxes; if your property's appraised value exceeds recent comparable sales, you likely have grounds to challenge it.
How St. Martin Parish Compares
Median Annual Property Tax
St. Martin Parish
0.40%
Effective rate
Louisiana Avg
0.45%
Effective rate
National Avg
0.91%
Effective rate
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Counties with Similar Tax Rates
Nearby Counties
Other Counties in Louisiana
East Feliciana Parish
0.15%
Allen Parish
0.18%
Avoyelles Parish
0.20%
West Carroll Parish
0.20%
Madison Parish
0.23%
Evangeline Parish
0.27%
Pointe Coupee Parish
0.28%
Jefferson Davis Parish
0.28%
East Carroll Parish
0.29%
Tensas Parish
0.29%
Catahoula Parish
0.29%
St. Landry Parish
0.30%
Acadia Parish
0.30%
De Soto Parish
0.31%
Winn Parish
0.31%
Data updated: March 2026
Data from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates. Effective tax rate is calculated as median property tax divided by median home value.