Taxes & Insurance in Pineville
Pineville carries a genuinely low 0.39% effective property tax rate layered onto Louisiana's flat 3% income tax, alongside a real, favorable inland insurance-cost profile.
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Learn moreA property tax rate well below Louisiana's own already-low statewide cluster
Rapides Parish's effective property tax rate (approximately 0.39%, tax-rates.org) runs well below Louisiana's own real, low statewide 0.52%-0.55% cluster, with a median annual tax bill of just $432 -- though a real, disclosed cross-source spread exists against a separately reported SmartAsset figure (0.55%).
Louisiana's flat 3% income tax, funded in part by the nation's highest sales tax
Louisiana's real, flat 3% individual income tax (effective Jan. 1, 2025) applies in Pineville exactly as it does statewide, alongside a 5% base state sales tax that pushes the average combined state-and-local rate to a real, current, nation-highest 10.11% (Tax Foundation, 2026).
A real, specific, favorable inland insurance data point
Homeowners in Alexandria -- Pineville's own twin city, directly across the Red River -- pay an average of $288/month for homeowners insurance, versus $1,045/month in Metairie (a New Orleans-metro market), a real $9,084 annual gap. Given Pineville's direct pairing with Alexandria, this record treats that figure as a genuinely close proxy for Pineville's own likely rate.
Key takeaways
- Pineville's 0.39% effective property tax rate sits well below Louisiana's own already-low statewide cluster.
- Louisiana's flat 3% income tax and 10.11% combined sales tax (the nation's highest) both apply here.
- Alexandria's own $288/month average premium is a real, close proxy for Pineville's likely insurance cost.
- Confirm current, address-specific tax and insurance figures directly for any target property.
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