Shreveport, LA · Updated Oct 2026

What a Shreveport house pays

Property tax, water, trash and energy from public rates. Look up your address to make it yours, and see how to pay less.

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Example · a Shreveport house

$8,203a year · $684 a month

Starts at the typical market value, $178,900; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.

Property tax$1,838
1.565% of $178,900, less $75,000 homestead exemption
Electricity and gas$2,337
1078.8 kWh a month $1,742 · 29.54 therms $594
Water and sewer$1,341
7,000 gallons a month on City of Shreveport Department of Water & Sewerage: water $26, sewer $85, state safe drinking water fee $1, security fee $1 a month
Trash$84
96-gallon wheeled cart (city-provided), $7 a month
Home insurance$2,603
Typical premium $2,603

A Shreveport house at the typical market value ($178,900) pays about $8,200 a year: $1,840 property tax and charges, $1,340 water and sewer, $80 trash, $2,340 electricity and gas, $2,600 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Rates checked Oct 21, 2026. Insurance: what you enter, or a typical premium until you do. Sources are listed at the bottom.

Ways to pay less

Nothing here applies to every house automatically. These are worth checking:

Seniors 65+ with income under $100,000: freeze your assessed valueValue frozen
The senior freeze locks the assessed value of the homestead of owners 65 and older with less than $100,000 in adjusted gross income. It is lost if the property is transferred or improvements exceed 25% of the property's value.
How: File the senior freeze form with the Caddo Parish Assessor (501 Texas Street, Room 102) and bring proof of last year's income.
Homeowners with a disability: yearly assessment freezeValue frozen
Owners who are 100% disabled for Social Security, or veterans with a 50% service-related disability, with less than $100,000 in adjusted gross income can have the homestead's assessed value frozen. This freeze must be applied for each year.
How: File the special form in person at the Caddo Parish Assessor's office each year.
Low-income households: 10% off water and sewer (SWAP)10% credit
Eligible residential customers get a 10% credit on the customer and usage charges of their water and sewer bills. People receiving SNAP or LaMoms benefits or enrolled in Medicaid qualify, as do households with income up to 133% of the federal poverty guideline.
How: Apply through the United Way of Northwest Louisiana at unitedwaynwla.org/swap; re-apply once a year.
Ask for a leak adjustment after a high water bill
After a repaired plumbing leak, residential excess usage (above your previous three-month average) can be re-billed at the Tier 1 water rate, once every twelve months.
How: Request it within 30 days of the billing date with proof of the repair, such as a plumber's bill.
Bulky item pickup on request
Residential customers can request collection of furniture, appliances, tires and limbs, one pile per request no larger than 15 ft by 6 ft by 6 ft.
How: Call Public Works at 318-673-6300 or use Report A Concern online.

Money dates

Dec 31in 69 daysParish and city property taxes are due on or before December 31.
Feb 1in 101 daysParish taxes not fully paid by January 31 accrue interest of 1% a month plus a 10% collection fee.
Late NovemberTax notices are mailed in late November. City of Shreveport taxes are not on the Sheriff's parish tax notice: the City collects them and mails its own notices by the end of November.
Late Aug – early SeptThe assessment rolls are open for inspection; this is when you can legally file a protest of your assessment.

Who serves this house

Water: City of Shreveport Department of Water & Sewerage; City of Shreveport inside-city residential water: $10.40 monthly customer charge for a 5/8-inch meter, plus tiered charges per 1,000 gallons (effective April 1, 2024).
Property tax: 1.56% of value; 2025 tax year (Caddo Parish), billed November 2025 and due Dec. 31, 2025
Garbage: City of Shreveport Solid Waste Division; One 96-gallon wheeled cart collected weekly; the $7 "Garbage Fee" is on your water bill. Curbside recycling is suspended.
Sewer: City of Shreveport Department of Water & Sewerage; Residential sewer usage is billed on your winter average or current use, whichever is less
Electricity: SWEPCO (Southwestern Electric Power Company); Investor-owned utility headquartered in Shreveport
Gas: Delta Utilities (Delta North Louisiana Gas Company); Natural gas; about 50,340 residential customers in Shreveport
Schools: Caddo Parish public schools; Parish-wide school tax of 72.59 mills in 2025

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Your water

Source: Cross Lake is the primary source; during dry periods it is supplemented with water pumped from Twelve Mile Bayou.
Violation: In quarters 2, 3 and 4 of 2025, the running annual average for total trihalomethanes exceeded the 80 ppb limit at multiple sampling sites (highest 157 ppb).
Lead: 2025 lead 90th percentile value: 0.92 ppb, against a 15 ppb action level.
State grade: The Louisiana Department of Health gave the Shreveport Water System a letter grade of F (score 45) for 2025.

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How these numbers are made

Property tax: Louisiana assesses land and homes at 10% of fair market value, and a mill is 1/10 of 1 percent of assessed value, so each mill costs 0.01% of market value. A home in Shreveport outside the Downtown Development District pays the 2025 Caddo Parish rates of 156.50 mills: 128.18 mills of parish-wide taxes (school 72.59, sheriff 13.59, parish government and other districts 41.99) plus 28.318 mills for the City of Shreveport. Downtown homes add 9.04 mills for the Downtown Development District, which is not included. 2026 rates are not published yet.
Homestead exemption: $75,000 of market value ($7,500 assessed) comes off the parish-wide taxes only; Louisiana's constitution and the Caddo Sheriff state it does not apply to city taxes. On the $178,900 Census median that is about $1,332 of parish tax and $507 of city tax, about $1,838 in all.
Water and sewer: City of Shreveport inside-city rates from Ordinances 14 and 15 of 2024 (bills from April 1, 2024): water $10.40 a month for a 5/8-inch meter plus $1.47, $2.93, $4.39 and $4.97 per 1,000 gallons by tier; sewer $10.93 a month plus $10.93 per 1,000 gallons. We bill sewer on all water use; real residential sewer bills use the lower of the winter average or current use, so summer sewer bills can be lower. The $1.00 state safe drinking water fee and $0.50 security fee on the bill are added as monthly fees. The 2% blight surcharge proposed for 2026 was withdrawn.
Garbage: the City's $7 monthly Garbage Fee on the water bill for one 96-gallon cart.
Electricity: SWEPCO's Louisiana residential rate (Residential Service schedule) is a $7.43 customer charge plus seasonal energy charges, adjusted by fuel, formula-rate-plan (+16.7858% of base revenue from August 2026), storm-cost, energy-efficiency and other riders whose current fuel factor is not published as a figure. We therefore use EIA's 2024 average residential price for SWEPCO in Louisiana, 13.46 cents per kWh (revenue divided by sales, which covers the customer charge and riders), on all use, and SWEPCO Louisiana's 2024 average residential use of 1,079 kWh a month. SWEPCO's formula rate plan raised base-rate charges by 16.7858% from August 2026, so the 2024 average may understate current electricity costs. Taxes or franchise fees on the bill are not included.
Gas: Delta North Louisiana Gas Company's residential tariff is a $10.00 monthly charge plus $0.59070 per Ccf plus the gas supply rate, which is not published as a figure, so gas is priced at Louisiana's 2025 average residential price from EIA, $17.39 per thousand cubic feet ($1.677 per therm), a total price with no separate monthly charge on top. Typical use is Louisiana's 2024 residential average, 29.5 therms a month. Insurance is Louisiana's 2022 statewide average premium (NAIC); inland Shreveport premiums can differ.
Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

Sources

How Shreveport compares

A typical Shreveport house against the 320 cities we cover nationwide, using the same default numbers as the total above.

Per year	Shreveport	Median	Where it falls
Property tax rate	1.57%	1.23%	higher than 226 of the other 314 cities we cover nationwide
Water	$309	$654	lower than 286 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide
Sewer and utility-bill fees	$1,032	$735	higher than 229 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide
Trash	$84	$379	lower than 246 of the other 249 cities we cover nationwide
Electricity and gas	$2,337	$2,743	lower than 198 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide
Home insurance	$2,603	$1,492	higher than 262 of the other 314 cities we cover nationwide
Total	$8,203	$11,671	lower than 275 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide

Cities bill differently (some put trash on the tax bill, some cover more services), so a higher number isn't necessarily worse. The property tax rate is compared instead of dollars because house values differ.

Questions to ask your candidates

Each one starts from a number above. Any candidate can answer them.

1. Water

The fact: Water here costs about $309 a year at typical use, lower than 286 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide.

Ask: "Water here costs about $309 a year at typical use, lower than 286 of the other 319 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

2. Sewer and utility-bill fees

The fact: Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here come to about $1,032 a year, higher than 229 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide. Some cities bill sewer on the property tax bill instead, which is not counted here.

Ask: "Sewer and flat utility-bill charges here cost about $1,032 a year, higher than 229 of the other 284 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything?"

3. Trash

The fact: Trash pickup here costs about $84 a year for the standard cart, lower than 246 of the other 249 cities we cover nationwide. Where trash is billed through the tax bill or a separate hauler, it is not counted here.

Ask: "Trash pickup here costs about $84 a year for the standard cart, lower than 246 of the other 249 cities we cover nationwide. What drives that cost, and would you change anything about the service or the price?"

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Common questions about Shreveport house costs

What is the property tax rate in Shreveport?

About 1.56% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year (Caddo Parish), billed November 2025 and due Dec. 31, 2025), plus flat charges on the same bill.

How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Shreveport?

About $6,864 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the homestead exemption.

How much is the water bill in Shreveport?

About $112 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on City of Shreveport Department of Water & Sewerage.

How much does trash pickup cost in Shreveport?

$7 a month for a house.

When is property tax due in Shreveport?

Dec 31: Parish and city property taxes are due on or before December 31.

Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Shreveport?

Yes. Seniors 65+ with income under $100,000: freeze your assessed value: The senior freeze locks the assessed value of the homestead of owners 65 and older with less than $100,000 in adjusted gross income. It is lost if the property is transferred or improvements exceed 25% of the property's value.

Where can I get help paying utility bills in Shreveport?

Low-income households: 10% off water and sewer (SWAP): Eligible residential customers get a 10% credit on the customer and usage charges of their water and sewer bills. People receiving SNAP or LaMoms benefits or enrolled in Medicaid qualify, as do households with income up to 133% of the federal poverty guideline. Apply through the United Way of Northwest Louisiana at unitedwaynwla.org/swap; re-apply once a year.

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