Property tax in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

In Orleans Parish, the property tax bill comes from the City of New Orleans Bureau of Treasury. The 2027 bill is due January 31, 2027. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Orleans Parish's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.

The median property tax bill in Orleans Parish, Louisiana is $2,606 a year, which is about 0.83% of the county's median home value of $315,700. That effective rate is higher than the typical Louisiana county (0.43%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Who sends the property tax bill in Orleans Parish, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the City of New Orleans Bureau of Treasury. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Orleans Parish Assessor's Office, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

Orleans Parish and the City of New Orleans share the same borders, so property tax is billed and collected by the City's Bureau of Treasury. New Orleans bills at the start of the tax year it covers: the 2027 bill is mailed around the end of 2026 and is due early in 2027. Paying online by e-check is free; paying by debit or credit card adds a fee of about 2.49% online and 2.7% in person.

When are property taxes due in Orleans Parish?

For the 2027 bill, Orleans Parish has one due date: January 31, 2027. The City says 2027 bills are typically mailed in late December 2026 and taxes are usually due January 31. State law makes unpaid Orleans Parish taxes delinquent on February 1. For the 2025 and 2026 bills the City announced a later deadline of February 28 before interest started, so go by the date the City announces and prints on your 2027 bill. January 31, 2027 is a Sunday and the City has not said whether a payment on Monday, February 1 counts as on time; to be safe, pay by Friday, January 29. Partial payments are accepted only by mail or in person, and not receiving a bill does not excuse late payment. Unpaid taxes draw interest of 1% a month after the deadline. A partial payment does not stop interest or tax sale costs on the unpaid balance, and not receiving a bill does not cancel interest or penalties.

From Orleans Parish's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. The county had not posted a calendar labeled for this cycle when we checked, so these dates come from state law and the county's standing schedule; the date on your bill is the one that binds you.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Orleans Parish

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Orleans Parish's average effective rate of 0.83% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $2,620 / year

Property tax in Orleans Parish at a glance

Orleans Parish, Louisiana property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,606
Median home value	$315,700
Effective tax rate	0.83%
Typical Louisiana county rate	0.43%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Orleans Parish compare in Louisiana?

Among Louisiana's 64 counties, Orleans Parish has the highest effective property-tax rate. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1509th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Louisiana county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Orleans Parish actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Orleans Parish's 79,744 owner-occupied homes, 42.9% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 55.3% pay at least $2,000, and 17% pay under $800. Another 4.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Orleans Parish homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	13,571	17%
$800 to $1,499	11,725	14.7%
$1,500 to $1,999	6,779	8.5%
$2,000 to $2,999	9,927	12.4%
$3,000 or more	34,178	42.9%
No property tax paid	3,564	4.5%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $3,105 and owners without one pay $1,864. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Orleans Parish property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,606 is about 3.1% of the median income of Orleans Parish homeowner households, $84,362 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 51.2% of Orleans Parish's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Orleans Parish?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,790 in 2015-2019 to $2,606 in 2020-2024, a 45.6% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 36.4%, from $231,500 to $315,700. Bills rose faster than values, which usually means local rates went up or an exemption shrank.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Orleans Parish

Orleans Parish borders 4 counties.

Orleans Parish and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Orleans Parish, LA (this county)	0.83%	$2,606	$315,700
St. Tammany Parish, LA	0.71%	$2,028	$284,000
Jefferson Parish, LA	0.52%	$1,312	$251,400
Plaquemines Parish, LA	0.5%	$1,427	$282,900
St. Bernard Parish, LA	0.47%	$961	$202,500

How is a home assessed in Orleans Parish?

Louisiana assesses homes at 10% of market value in every county, Orleans Parish included. How Louisiana assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Orleans Parish?

Yes. Louisiana exempts the first $75,000 of market value of an owner-occupied home ($7,500 of assessed value), though it generally does not cover municipal taxes. That is the Louisiana rule, and it applies in Orleans Parish. Louisiana's exemptions and relief programs in full.

Orleans Parish does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Louisiana ones (checked September 23, 2026).

How to appeal your Orleans Parish property assessment

In Orleans Parish you appeal to the Orleans Parish Board of Review (the New Orleans City Council, which hires real estate professionals to hear appeals), after a filing with the Assessor's Office. The deadline: The assessment rolls are open for inspection from July 15 to August 15 each year (through the next business day when August 15 falls on a weekend or holiday), and a written appeal must reach the Assessor's Office no later than three business days after the inspection period ends. For the 2027 tax year the rolls were open July 15 to August 17, 2026, so the filing window closed on August 20, 2026; the next one opens July 15, 2027 for the 2028 tax year. The Board of Review begins hearings by September 15. Its decision can be appealed to the Louisiana Tax Commission; the City Council says within 10 business days after the Board's notice is delivered to you. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

How Louisiana's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Louisiana rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Louisiana page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Orleans Parish, Louisiana: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.