Average Home Prices

St. Helena Parish - $85,310
St. Tammany Parish - $238,330
Tangipahoa Parish - $113,567
Washington Parish - $120,000

Average Rental Prices

St. Helena Parish $353.00
St. Tammany Parish $750.00
Tangipahoa Parish $453.00
Washington Parish 420.00

Local sales and property taxes averages

St. Helena: 9% Sales taxes. Property taxed at 136 mills
St. Tammany: 9% Sales taxes. Property taxed at 170 mills
Tangipahoa: 9% Sales taxes. Property taxed at 100 mills
Washington: 8.5% Sales taxes. Property taxed at 90 mills

Effective January 1, 2008 the State of Louisiana does not charge an Inheritance Tax.

Act 371 of the 2007 Regular Legislative Session repealed the state gift tax imposed by La. Revised Statute 47:1201-1212 for gifts made on or after July 1, 2008.

Cost of Living Index

St. Helena Parish 87
St. Tammany Parish 95.7
Tangipahoa Parish 89
Washington Parish 76.2

Crime Index

St. Helena Parish 5
St. Tammany Parish 4
Tangipahoa Parish 4
Washington Parish 6.3

The four parishes encompassing Louisiana’s I-12 Retirement District comprise both rural and urban areas. We have something to offer everyone – from urban neighborhoods and small towns, to artists’ Mecca’s, historic villages, horse farms, and panoramic countrysides.

St. Helena Parish 98 % rural
St. Tammany Parish 50% rural
Tangipahoa Parish 80% rural
Washington Parish 95% rural

Population

St. Helena Parish 10,525
St. Tammany Parish 220,656
Tangipahoa Parish 100,588
Washington Parish 43,185

Total for the I-12 Retirement District – 424,298

Cities with a population greater that 150,000 within a 120-mile radius include Baton Rouge and New Orleans