St. Tammany Parish Information Guide January 2020 Susan H Kagan | Page 5

Housing:
The residential average sales price in St. Tammany Parish is $262,371 while
the average for Covington is $287,998 and Mandeville is $311,279
Cost of Living:
St. Tammany Cost of Living index is 104 and the parish’s estimated per capita
income in 2018 was $32,522, making it higher than both Louisiana’s per capita
income of $26,149 and the U.S. at $30,510.
(Source: Compiled data by Real Estate Digital)
TAXES
Personal Income Taxes:
State income tax is based on a percentage of federal income tax liability. The
deadline for state filing is May 15. For additional information, call the state
Department of Revenue and Taxation at [phone] or the federal internal
Revenue Service at [phone].
Property Tax:
Residential property is assessed at 10 percent of fair market value with a
maximum$7,500 homestead exemption. (In other words, you do not pay
property taxes on the first $75,000 worth of property, only the amount above
that figure). Commercial and other classes of property are assessed at 15
percent of value. The tax assessor’s office is located in the St. Tammany
Justice Center, 701 N. Columbia Street, Suite # 4, Covington or call (985)
809-8180 for more information.
NEWCOMER INFORMATION
Voter Registration:
To register to vote you must be a U.S. Citizen, at least 18 years old, mentally
sound and under no order of imprisonment for the conviction of a felony. There
is no required length of residency as a condition to registering. To register,
apply in person at the Registrar’s Office in the St. Tammany Justice Center,
601 N. Columbia Street, Covington or apply online at http://www.stprov.org/.
For more information call [phone].
Residency:
A resident is someone who has taken the necessary, common sense steps to
live somewhere such as changing their driver’s license, changing automobile
registration, renting/buying a place to live or connecting telephone or electrical
services. If you move to a rural area contact the United States Postal Service at
800-275-8777 for mailbox installation requirements.
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