Orleans Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.05, -89.93.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 53rd pct · 1,419th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 85th pct · 10th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 50th pct · 4th of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $242,069
- 11th pct · 2,699th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 17th pct · 53rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- 16th pct · 6th of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median +2.1%
- 60th pct · 534th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 91st pct · 3rd of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $1,583
- 94th pct · 178th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 98th pct · 2nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 100th pct · 1st of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median 12,919
- 91st pct · 272nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 84th pct · 11th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 33rd pct · 5th of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $1,482
- 25th pct · 2,278th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 58th pct · 27th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
- 66th pct · 3rd 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 $242,069 (Sep 2026), -1.5% over one year, -12.0% over five
- 53rd pct · 1,419th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 85th pct · 10th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 50th pct · 4th of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $242,069
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orleans Parish, LA | $242,069 · -1.5% 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 $1,633/mo (Sep 2026), +2.0% over one year; price-to-rent 12.4
- 60th pct · 534th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 91st pct · 3rd of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median $1,583
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orleans Parish, LA | $1,633/mo · +2.0% 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 $1,341 a month on $242,069 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $6,340 a month: 21.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $242,069 × 80% = $193,655, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,341/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,463 × 52 / 12 = $6,340) = 21% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $242,069 / ($1,463 × 52) = 3.2
- price-to-rent = $242,069 / ($1,633 × 12) = 12.4
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 #
185,249 jobs at 17,663 employers (2026 Q1); -1.7% jobs and +4.7% average weekly wage over the year
- 94th pct · 178th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 98th pct · 2nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 100th pct · 1st of 7 counties in the New Orleans-Metairie metro · median 12,919
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orleans Parish, LA | 185,249 jobs · $1,463/wk · -1.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 36,711 | $736 | 2.21 | -1.7% |
| Health care and social assistance | 25,207 | $1,315 | 0.90 | +2.0% |
| Educational services | 16,753 | $1,339 | 4.20 | -4.7% |
| Professional and technical services | 13,764 | $2,184 | 1.08 | -2.3% |
| Retail trade | 12,461 | $790 | 0.69 | -4.7% |
| Administrative and waste services | 10,530 | $1,271 | 1.00 | +1.5% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 6,274 | $783 | 2.06 | -2.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,086 | $1,376 | 0.78 | -6.8% |
| Other services | 5,468 | $1,008 | 0.99 | -2.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 4,834 | $3,775 | 0.64 | +1.4% |
| Manufacturing | 4,350 | $1,960 | 0.29 | -1.9% |
| Construction | 3,921 | $1,756 | 0.40 | -2.6% |
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 #
$19.3 bn in deposits at 75 offices of 20 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,263, highly concentrated. $3.1 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $2.1 bn, contracts $641.4 m), $16,668 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $7.1 bn · 36.6% share · 6 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $4.0 bn · 20.5% share · 11 offices | |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $3.9 bn · 20.2% share · 11 offices | |
| Orleans, LA | $3.1 bn FY2026 · $16,668/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $7,080,353,000 | 36.6% | 6 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $3,963,813,000 | 20.5% | 11 |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $3,897,894,000 | 20.2% | 11 |
| First Horizon Bank | $1,525,150,000 | 7.9% | 7 |
| Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company | $756,017,000 | 3.9% | 5 |
| Liberty Bank and Trust Company | $566,271,000 | 2.9% | 5 |
| Regions Bank | $505,600,000 | 2.6% | 6 |
| FIDELITY BANK | $285,289,000 | 1.5% | 7 |
| Fifth District Savings Bank | $154,988,000 | 0.8% | 2 |
| BankPlus | $141,987,000 | 0.7% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 2,263 across 20 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 20 banks with deposits in the county = 36.6² + 20.5² + 20.2² + … (17 more) = 2,263
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 $16,668 per covered job, against 185,249 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $3.1 bn / 185,249 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $16,668
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 #
Orleans Parish, LA: 16 findings, 5 at a watch level and 11 noted
watchOrleans Parish, LA's covered employment is -1.7% 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 = -1.7 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchOrleans Parish, LA's typical home value is -1.5% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -1.5468433786523401 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchOrleans Parish, LA's years of wages of 3.2 scores 26 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 59 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 33 = |26 across US counties - 59 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
watchOrleans Parish, LA's typical home value of $242,069 scores 54 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 86 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |54 across US counties - 86 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchOrleans Parish, LA's typical asking rent of $1,633 scores 61 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 92 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |61 across US counties - 92 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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