Jackson Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.30, -92.56.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 7th pct · 2,829th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 17th pct · 53rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 51st pct · 1,488th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 58th pct · 27th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 31st pct · 2,197th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 19th pct · 52nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 66th pct · 1,066th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 60th pct · 26th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 5th pct · 2,907th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 11th pct · 57th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
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 $120,754 (Sep 2026), +2.9% over one year, -10.1% over five
- 7th pct · 2,829th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 17th pct · 53rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson Parish, LA | $120,754 · +2.9% 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
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 $669 a month on $120,754 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,875 a month: 13.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $120,754 × 80% = $96,603, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $669/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,125 × 52 / 12 = $4,875) = 14% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $120,754 / ($1,125 × 52) = 2.1
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 #
4,053 jobs at 314 employers (2026 Q1); +3.2% jobs and +4.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 31st pct · 2,197th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 19th pct · 52nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson Parish, LA | 4,053 jobs · $1,125/wk · +3.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 881 | $1,017 | 1.44 | +5.9% |
| Retail trade | 489 | $571 | 1.24 | +12.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 244 | $316 | 0.67 | +4.7% |
| Construction | 155 | $1,014 | 0.73 | -7.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 123 | $1,483 | 0.72 | +15.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 110 | $1,321 | 0.67 | +5.8% |
| Professional and technical services | 78 | $923 | 0.28 | +4.0% |
| Other services | 49 | $643 | 0.40 | +0.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 9 | $368 | 0.13 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 6 | $866 | 0.10 | -50.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | 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 #
D3 extreme 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 #
50 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 1 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo Lake | 50 % full · 30k ac-ft | 135 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 #
29 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 4 stale
Sites found: 29, 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-07371500 | stage 3.38 ft | 25 km |
| USGS-07370600 | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 31 km |
| USGS-07352000 | flow 18.8 ft³/s | 39 km |
| USGS-07372050 | flow 60.4 ft³/s · STALE | 41 km |
| USGS-07370500 | stage 2.72 ft | 42 km |
| USGS-07365000 | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 43 km |
| USGS-07367047 | stage 5.63 ft · STALE | 44 km |
| USGS-07367005 | flow 1,100 ft³/s | 47 km |
| USGS-07366364 | stage 38.6 ft | 50 km |
| USGS-07369024 | stage 0.98 ft | 51 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 #
7 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 7, 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-321338092345801 | depth 233.9 ft · 2014-12-16 | 9 km |
| USGS-323458092275101 | depth 265.6 ft · 2012-10-18 | 32 km |
| USGS-322843092084401 | depth 269.0 ft · 2016-01-10 | 44 km |
| USGS-324141092390501 | depth 190.2 ft · 2015-06-23 | 44 km |
| USGS-322422092020701 | depth 112.8 ft · 2012-10-17 | 51 km |
| USGS-324707093025001 | depth 146.4 ft · 2015-10-04 | 70 km |
| USGS-322853091475901 | depth 10.3 ft · 2025-03-17 | 74 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 #
high (0.64)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 + 0.3×0.50 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$1.4 bn in deposits at 5 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 7,031, highly concentrated. $129.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $95.5 m, grants $34.0 m), $31,934 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro State Bank | $1.2 bn · 83.3% share · 1 office | |
| Hodge Bank & Trust Company | $108.3 m · 7.5% share · 1 office | |
| Peoples Bank | $72.4 m · 5.0% share · 1 office | |
| Jackson, LA | $129.4 m FY2026 · $31,934/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $92.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro State Bank | $1,207,032,000 | 83.3% | 1 |
| Hodge Bank & Trust Company | $108,279,000 | 7.5% | 1 |
| Peoples Bank | $72,354,000 | 5.0% | 1 |
| Jackson Parish Bank | $54,366,000 | 3.8% | 1 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $7,338,000 | 0.5% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 7,031 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 83.3² + 7.5² + 5.0² + … (2 more) = 7,031
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 | $81,490,125 |
| Department of Transportation | $30,669,764 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $9,682,510 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,207,178 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,856,869 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,526,824 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,197,062 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $797,679 |
That is $31,934 per covered job, against 4,053 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $129.4 m / 4,053 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $31,934
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 | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| 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 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| 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 | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| 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 #
Jackson Parish, LA: 8 findings, 8 noted
noteJackson Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 4.9% 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
- +4.9 % = 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
noteJackson Parish, LA's covered employment was 3.2% 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
- +3.2 % = 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
noteJackson Parish, LA's momentum index of 0.70 ranks 4th of 64 Louisiana counties, against a median of 0.15.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across 64 Louisiana counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteJackson Parish, LA's years of wages of 2.1 ranks 2,907th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of 4.2.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 5 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published yearsOfWages
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteJackson Parish, LA's momentum index of 0.70 ranks 189th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 94 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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