Grant Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.60, -92.56.
Assembled 2026-10-20. Read the brief.
- 23rd pct · 2,347th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 44th pct · 36th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
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- 78th pct · 655th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 84th pct · 11th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- counties in the Alexandria metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Alexandria metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- counties in the Alexandria metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Alexandria metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 26th pct · 2,362nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 14th pct · 55th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Alexandria metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Alexandria metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 69th pct · 968th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 61st pct · 25th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
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- 16th pct · 2,559th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 39th pct · 39th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
- counties in the Alexandria metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Alexandria metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $166,049 (Sep 2026), +5.6% over one year, +4.7% over five
- 23rd pct · 2,347th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 44th pct · 36th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- counties in the Alexandria metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Alexandria metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Parish, LA | $166,049 · +5.6% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- counties in the Alexandria metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Alexandria metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $920 a month on $166,049 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,975 a month: 18.5% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $166,049 × 80% = $132,839, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $920/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,148 × 52 / 12 = $4,975) = 18% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $166,049 / ($1,148 × 52) = 2.8
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
3,263 jobs at 299 employers (2026 Q1); -3.3% jobs and +2.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 26th pct · 2,362nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 14th pct · 55th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Alexandria metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Alexandria metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Parish, LA | 3,263 jobs · $1,148/wk · -3.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 270 | $558 | 0.85 | -6.9% |
| Health care and social assistance | 245 | $748 | 0.50 | -5.0% |
| Construction | 206 | $1,335 | 1.20 | +9.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 35 | $1,254 | 0.25 | +12.9% |
| Administrative and waste services | 30 | $725 | 0.16 | +0.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 21 | $2,861 | 0.09 | -16.0% |
| Educational services | 5 | $950 | 0.07 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D2 severe drought
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
85 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 1 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 2, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-08025350 | 3,770,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 106 km |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | 85 % full · 2,236k ac-ft | 106 km |
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
34 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 7 stale
Sites found: 34, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Big Creek at Pollock, LA | flow 22.6 ft³/s | 16 km |
| Nantachie Creek near Aloha LA | stage 23.6 ft · STALE | 21 km |
| LITTLE R NR POLLOCK, LA | stage 58.4 ft | 24 km |
| Little River near Rochelle, LA | flow 12.3 ft³/s · no flooding | 27 km |
| Little River at Rochelle, LA. | stage 5.64 ft | 29 km |
| Bayou Rapides nr Alexandria, LA | stage 72.8 ft | 32 km |
| Castor Creek at Tullos, LA. | stage 2.25 ft · STALE | 33 km |
| Red River at Alexandria, LA | stage 19.9 ft · no flooding | 34 km |
| Flagon Bayou NE of Libuse, LA | stage 6.65 ft | 35 km |
| Dugdemona River near Joyce, LA | flow 60.4 ft³/s · STALE | 38 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
10 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 10, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-311727092270901 | depth 138.2 ft · 2015-09-30 | 36 km |
| USGS-311353092364201 | depth 45.6 ft · 2013-07-10 | 41 km |
| USGS-312339092094501 | depth 74.6 ft · 2016-01-04 | 44 km |
| USGS-311125092252901 | depth 5.64 ft · 2016-01-04 | 47 km |
| USGS-310928092421401 | depth 58.3 ft · 2015-09-29 | 51 km |
| USGS-310806092351801 | depth 87.1 ft · 2016-01-04 | 52 km |
| USGS-311336092095901 | depth 63.4 ft · 2016-01-04 | 56 km |
| USGS-310007092431602 | depth 30.9 ft · 2016-01-05 | 68 km |
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
moderate (0.34)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.15 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$155.1 m in deposits at 7 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 7,098, highly concentrated. $133.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $123.8 m, contracts $6.0 m), $40,890 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Colfax Banking Company | $128.7 m · 82.9% share · 4 offices | |
| BOM Bank | $22.6 m · 14.6% share · 1 office | |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $3.9 m · 2.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Grant, LA | $133.4 m FY2026 · $40,890/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $121.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax Banking Company | $128,658,000 | 82.9% | 4 |
| BOM Bank | $22,607,000 | 14.6% | 1 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $3,851,000 | 2.5% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 7,098 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 82.9² + 14.6² + 2.5² = 7,098
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $97,615,037 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $22,722,581 |
| Department of Justice | $5,326,606 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,499,601 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,335,403 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,336,218 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,108,198 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $292,512 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $142,709 |
| Department of Defense | $23,815 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $21,000 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $40,890 per covered job, against 3,263 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $133.4 m / 3,263 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $40,890
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 17.40 | 2026-10-19 | -3.1% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-20 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 255,129.00 | 2026-09-01 | -1.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,221.00 | 2026-09-01 | -5.2% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,400.00 | 2026-09-01 | -0.2% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Grant Parish, LA: 6 findings, 1 at an alert level, 1 at a watch level and 4 noted
alertGrant Parish, LA's covered employment is -3.3% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -3.3 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchGrant Parish, LA's covered employment is -3.3% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -3.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteGrant Parish, LA's covered employment was 3.3% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -3.3 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteGrant Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 2.4% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +2.4 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering Grant Parish, LA is due between 2026-10-30 and 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-30 to 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
Read all 6 findings in the full brief
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