Morehouse Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.82, -91.80.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 2nd pct · 2,978th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 4th pct · 61st of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 87th pct · 393rd of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 88th pct · 8th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 43rd pct · 1,827th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 36th pct · 41st of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 15th pct · 2,717th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 17th pct · 53rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 5th pct · 2,882nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 12th pct · 56th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe 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 $97,826 (Sep 2026), +7.0% over one year, +0.5% over five
- 2nd pct · 2,978th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 4th pct · 61st of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Morehouse Parish, LA | $97,826 · +7.0% 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 Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe 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 $542 a month on $97,826 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,809 a month: 14.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $97,826 × 80% = $78,261, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $542/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $879 × 52 / 12 = $3,809) = 14% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $97,826 / ($879 × 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 #
6,276 jobs at 569 employers (2026 Q1); +1.4% jobs and -0.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 43rd pct · 1,827th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 36th pct · 41st of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Monroe metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Monroe metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Morehouse Parish, LA | 6,276 jobs · $879/wk · +1.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 904 | $582 | 1.48 | +3.8% |
| Manufacturing | 537 | $1,593 | 1.06 | +12.6% |
| Construction | 346 | $1,028 | 1.05 | +7.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 329 | $331 | 0.58 | -7.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 306 | $2,126 | 1.27 | -4.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 174 | $1,201 | 0.68 | +3.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 118 | $1,073 | 0.27 | -27.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 80 | $1,078 | 0.30 | -2.4% |
| Other services | 71 | $658 | 0.38 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | 60 | $1,778 | 2.42 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 54 | $679 | 0.56 | +0.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 22 | $306 | 0.21 | -8.3% |
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 #
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 #
high (0.50)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$335.9 m in deposits at 9 offices of 9 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,459, moderately concentrated. $180.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $175.4 m, grants $5.4 m), $28,825 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Origin Bank | $70.0 m · 20.8% share · 1 office | |
| The Huntington National Bank | $60.7 m · 18.1% share · 1 office | |
| Bank of Oak Ridge | $50.9 m · 15.1% share · 1 office | |
| Morehouse, LA | $180.9 m FY2026 · $28,825/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $157.7 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Origin Bank | $70,005,000 | 20.8% | 1 |
| The Huntington National Bank | $60,651,000 | 18.1% | 1 |
| Bank of Oak Ridge | $50,875,000 | 15.1% | 1 |
| The Mer Rouge State Bank | $44,991,000 | 13.4% | 1 |
| Capital One, National Association | $40,790,000 | 12.1% | 1 |
| Regions Bank | $29,339,000 | 8.7% | 1 |
| b1BANK | $25,477,000 | 7.6% | 1 |
| Commercial Capital Bank | $7,965,000 | 2.4% | 1 |
| Delta Bank | $5,791,000 | 1.7% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,459 across 9 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 9 banks with deposits in the county = 20.8² + 18.1² + 15.1² + … (6 more) = 1,459
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 | $140,143,848 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $16,690,439 |
| Department of Agriculture | $14,565,387 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $3,132,547 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,348,172 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,521,070 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,219,843 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $791,548 |
| Delta Regional Authority | $491,090 |
That is $28,825 per covered job, against 6,276 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $180.9 m / 6,276 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $28,825
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 #
Morehouse Parish, LA: 9 findings, 1 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchMorehouse Parish, LA's average weekly wage is -0.3% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; 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.avgWeeklyWage = -0.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteMorehouse Parish, LA's covered employment was 1.4% 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
- +1.4 % = 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
noteMorehouse Parish, LA's typical home value rose 0.8% from $97,052 in August 2026 to $97,826 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.8% = (97825.75535451136 - 97052.07366014498) / 97052.07366014498 × 100
- 97825.75535451136 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 97052.07366014498 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteMorehouse Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 0.3% 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
- -0.3 % = 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
noteMorehouse Parish, LA's typical home value of $97,826 ranks 2,978th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of $230,451.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 9 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.