Ouachita Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.48, -92.15.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 30th pct · 2,129th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 60th pct · 26th 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.
- 47th pct · 1,614th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 52nd pct · 31st 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.
- 21st pct · 1,061st of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 29th pct · 18th of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- 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 · 400th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 88th pct · 8th 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.
- 41st pct · 1,886th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 44th pct · 36th 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.
- 32nd pct · 2,064th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 74th pct · 17th 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 $181,215 (Sep 2026), +2.6% over one year, +12.9% over five
- 30th pct · 2,129th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 60th pct · 26th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ouachita Parish, LA | $181,215 · +2.6% 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 #
Typical rent $1,202/mo (Sep 2026), +8.4% over one year; price-to-rent 12.6
- 21st pct · 1,061st of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 29th pct · 18th of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ouachita Parish, LA | $1,202/mo · +8.4% 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 $1,004 a month on $181,215 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,338 a month: 23.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $181,215 × 80% = $144,972, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,004/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,001 × 52 / 12 = $4,338) = 23% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $181,215 / ($1,001 × 52) = 3.5
- price-to-rent = $181,215 / ($1,202 × 12) = 12.6
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 #
69,026 jobs at 5,514 employers (2026 Q1); -0.3% jobs and +1.7% average weekly wage over the year
- 87th pct · 400th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 88th pct · 8th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ouachita Parish, LA | 69,026 jobs · $1,001/wk · -0.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 14,466 | $971 | 1.39 | -0.8% |
| Retail trade | 8,058 | $624 | 1.20 | -1.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 7,238 | $379 | 1.17 | +8.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 5,000 | $1,001 | 1.27 | -1.2% |
| Construction | 4,851 | $1,242 | 1.34 | +9.7% |
| Manufacturing | 4,200 | $1,424 | 0.76 | -3.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 2,549 | $1,293 | 0.54 | -5.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 2,536 | $1,752 | 0.90 | -2.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,126 | $1,635 | 0.80 | +0.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,064 | $976 | 0.71 | +1.1% |
| Other services | 1,848 | $1,106 | 0.90 | -7.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 949 | $1,048 | 0.90 | +3.5% |
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 #
$4.5 bn in deposits at 50 offices of 17 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,323, moderately concentrated. $1.0 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $862.1 m, grants $115.6 m), $15,056 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Origin Bank | $1.2 bn · 25.6% share · 6 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $685.5 m · 15.2% share · 7 offices | |
| b1BANK | $553.2 m · 12.3% share · 6 offices | |
| Ouachita, LA | $1.0 bn FY2026 · $15,056/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $797.7 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Origin Bank | $1,154,980,000 | 25.6% | 6 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $685,532,000 | 15.2% | 7 |
| b1BANK | $553,165,000 | 12.3% | 6 |
| The Huntington National Bank | $465,805,000 | 10.3% | 4 |
| Regions Bank | $365,725,000 | 8.1% | 3 |
| First Horizon Bank | $276,145,000 | 6.1% | 3 |
| Homeland Federal Savings Bank | $247,469,000 | 5.5% | 2 |
| Planters Bank & Trust Company | $203,145,000 | 4.5% | 3 |
| Century Next Bank | $110,519,000 | 2.5% | 2 |
| Capital One, National Association | $106,964,000 | 2.4% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,323 across 17 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 17 banks with deposits in the county = 25.6² + 15.2² + 12.3² + … (14 more) = 1,323
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 | $680,240,483 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $137,738,906 |
| Department of Transportation | $53,543,817 |
| Department of the Treasury | $41,480,389 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $36,245,781 |
| Department of Education | $32,050,882 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $20,457,582 |
| Department of Defense | $10,967,314 |
| Department of Justice | $9,422,003 |
| Department of Agriculture | $6,912,417 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $4,643,024 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $2,725,610 |
That is $15,056 per covered job, against 69,026 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.0 bn / 69,026 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,056
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 #
Ouachita Parish, LA: 10 findings, 3 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchOuachita Parish, LA's typical asking rent is +8.4% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 8 percent above a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; 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 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: rent.yoyPct = 8.41137648133289 >= 8
arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchOuachita Parish, LA's covered employment is -0.3% 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 = -0.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchOuachita Parish, LA's years of wages of 3.5 scores 33 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 75 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 42 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 42 = |33 across US counties - 75 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
noteOuachita Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 1.7% 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
- +1.7 % = 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
noteOuachita Parish, LA's typical home value rose 0.3% from $180,656 in August 2026 to $181,215 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (181215.42442023914 - 180655.99662861633) / 180655.99662861633 × 100
- 181215.42442023914 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 180655.99662861633 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
Read all 10 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.