Jefferson Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 29.50, -90.04.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 60th pct · 1,211th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 92nd pct · 6th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 66th pct · 3rd of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $242,069
- 57th pct · 1,290th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 68th pct · 21st of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- 83rd pct · 2nd of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median +2.1%
- 46th pct · 724th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 66th pct · 9th of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- 25th pct · 4th of 5 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $1,583
- 94th pct · 180th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 96th pct · 3rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 83rd pct · 2nd of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median 12,919
- 85th pct · 464th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 79th pct · 14th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 16th pct · 6th of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $1,482
- 41st pct · 1,778th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 85th pct · 10th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
- 100th pct · 1st of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median 2.9
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 $262,124 (Sep 2026), +3.5% over one year, -9.1% over five
- 60th pct · 1,211th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 92nd pct · 6th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 66th pct · 3rd of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $242,069
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Parish, LA | $262,124 · +3.5% 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 #
Typical rent $1,470/mo (Sep 2026), +1.1% over one year; price-to-rent 14.9
- 46th pct · 724th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 66th pct · 9th of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- 25th pct · 4th of 5 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $1,583
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Parish, LA | $1,470/mo · +1.1% 1-yr |
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 $1,452 a month on $262,124 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,677 a month: 25.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $262,124 × 80% = $209,700, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,452/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,310 × 52 / 12 = $5,677) = 26% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $262,124 / ($1,310 × 52) = 3.8
- price-to-rent = $262,124 / ($1,470 × 12) = 14.9
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 #
184,312 jobs at 16,266 employers (2026 Q1); -0.4% jobs and +4.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 94th pct · 180th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 96th pct · 3rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 83rd pct · 2nd of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median 12,919
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Parish, LA | 184,312 jobs · $1,310/wk · -0.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 36,429 | $1,480 | 1.31 | +1.6% |
| Retail trade | 23,291 | $767 | 1.30 | -4.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 18,029 | $496 | 1.09 | -1.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 12,991 | $967 | 1.24 | +0.8% |
| Professional and technical services | 11,142 | $1,622 | 0.88 | +0.3% |
| Construction | 10,556 | $1,450 | 1.09 | -6.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 9,683 | $1,280 | 1.25 | +6.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 9,151 | $1,885 | 1.30 | -3.8% |
| Manufacturing | 8,323 | $1,774 | 0.56 | -1.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 7,347 | $2,211 | 0.98 | -0.3% |
| Other services | 5,928 | $945 | 1.08 | +0.3% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 4,013 | $2,685 | 1.32 | +0.8% |
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 #
D0 abnormally dry
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$13.7 bn in deposits at 104 offices of 26 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,184, moderately concentrated. $6.3 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $5.6 bn, contracts $537.1 m), $34,043 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $2.8 bn · 20.2% share · 13 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $2.4 bn · 17.7% share · 11 offices | |
| Regions Bank | $1.7 bn · 12.4% share · 10 offices | |
| Jefferson, LA | $6.3 bn FY2026 · $34,043/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $2,765,101,000 | 20.2% | 13 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $2,429,683,000 | 17.7% | 11 |
| Regions Bank | $1,692,288,000 | 12.4% | 10 |
| Capital One, National Association | $1,680,894,000 | 12.3% | 9 |
| Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company | $1,121,627,000 | 8.2% | 7 |
| Crescent Bank | $773,653,000 | 5.6% | 1 |
| First Horizon Bank | $657,880,000 | 4.8% | 8 |
| Metairie Bank & Trust Company | $508,548,000 | 3.7% | 6 |
| FIDELITY BANK | $352,174,000 | 2.6% | 6 |
| Home Bank, National Association | $331,646,000 | 2.4% | 4 |
Deposit concentration is 1,184 across 26 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 26 banks with deposits in the county = 20.2² + 17.7² + 12.4² + … (23 more) = 1,184
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 #
That is $34,043 per covered job, against 184,312 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $6.3 bn / 184,312 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $34,043
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 #
Jefferson Parish, LA: 16 findings, 4 at a watch level and 12 noted
watchJefferson Parish, LA's covered employment is -0.4% 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 = -0.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchJefferson Parish, LA's price-to-rent ratio of 14.9 scores 27 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 79 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 52 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 52 = |27 across US counties - 79 across Louisiana counties|
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchJefferson Parish, LA's years of wages of 3.8 scores 42 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 86 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 44 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 44 = |42 across US counties - 86 across Louisiana counties|
- 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
watchJefferson Parish, LA's typical home value of $262,124 scores 60 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 92 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |60 across US counties - 92 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteJefferson Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 4.2% 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
- +4.2 % = 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
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.