County profile · LA

Cost of living in Ascension County, Louisiana

Estimated housing, health insurance, state and local taxes, and groceries for a household of 2 earning $100,000 per year (married filing jointly), modeled as renters, ACA marketplace subsidies included.

$40,896/yr

Estimated annual cost

#2,568 of 3,222

National cost rank

$0/yr

ACA subsidy

Where the money goes

  • Housing (2 BR rent): $14,796
  • Healthcare (ACA Silver, after subsidy): $16,008
  • State + local taxes: $2,232
  • Groceries · family of 2: $7,860
Housing (2 BR rent)$14,796
Healthcare (ACA Silver, after subsidy)$16,008
State + local taxes$2,232
Groceries · family of 2$7,860
Total$40,896

Ascension County, Louisiana lands at #2568 of 3222 on modeled annual cost in our default household scenario (about $40,896 per year).

Estimated housing, health insurance, state and local taxes, and groceries for a household of 2 earning $100,000 per year (married filing jointly), modeled as renters, ACA marketplace subsidies included.

Housing starts from Census ACS 2023 county medians (Baton Rouge, LA); metro counties may be calibrated to recent market rent indexes. Health insurance uses the second-lowest Silver plan in ACA rating area 22-STATE, net of advance premium tax credits when enabled.

What’s specific to Louisiana

State and local income tax on this page reflects LA brackets and any modeled local wage overlays from our committed tax tables—not federal income tax. Qualified retirement plan/IRA distributions generally taxed like ordinary income unless a specific exclusion applies. Groceries follow the USDA Moderate-Cost tier scaled by BEA state regional price parities, with household-size adjustments matching the homepage explorer.

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How we calculated Ascension County's numbers
  • Rent / housing: acs_b25031_zori_calibrated
  • Home values (ZHVI): acs_proxy
  • Income tax: 2026
  • Health / ACA: 2026
  • Groceries: SARPP LineCode 2 (Goods)

Dollar figures on this profile use the homepage default household unless your URL includes custom explorer parameters. Rank is among counties with complete modeled totals ( 3,222 U.S. counties in our artifact).