St. Tammany Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.41, -89.95.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 66th pct · 1,030th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 96th pct · 3rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 22nd pct · 2,387th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 26th pct · 47th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 52nd pct · 647th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 79th pct · 6th of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 90th pct · 306th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 92nd pct · 6th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 92nd pct · 258th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 85th pct · 10th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 38th pct · 1,897th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 79th pct · 14th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington 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 $283,848 (Sep 2026), +0.2% over one year, +3.0% over five
- 66th pct · 1,030th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 96th pct · 3rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | $283,848 · +0.2% 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 $1,531/mo (Sep 2026), +2.0% over one year; price-to-rent 15.4
- 52nd pct · 647th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 79th pct · 6th of 25 Louisiana counties · median $1,356
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | $1,531/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 $1,572 a month on $283,848 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $6,405 a month: 24.5% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $283,848 × 80% = $227,078, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,572/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,478 × 52 / 12 = $6,405) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $283,848 / ($1,478 × 52) = 3.7
- price-to-rent = $283,848 / ($1,531 × 12) = 15.4
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 #
97,862 jobs at 11,477 employers (2026 Q1); +1.1% jobs and +22.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 90th pct · 306th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 92nd pct · 6th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | 97,862 jobs · $1,478/wk · +1.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 15,670 | $1,152 | 1.06 | +0.9% |
| Retail trade | 13,012 | $731 | 1.36 | +2.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 12,242 | $431 | 1.39 | +1.8% |
| Professional and technical services | 6,338 | $1,643 | 0.94 | +1.9% |
| Construction | 5,638 | $1,311 | 1.10 | -0.9% |
| Administrative and waste services | 4,517 | $1,089 | 0.81 | +6.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 4,095 | $1,476 | 0.99 | +20.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 3,863 | $2,360 | 1.03 | -10.3% |
| Manufacturing | 3,262 | $1,451 | 0.41 | +0.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 3,261 | $2,269 | 0.82 | -3.7% |
| Other services | 2,881 | $859 | 0.99 | +1.5% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 1,814 | $539 | 1.13 | -5.8% |
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 #
$7.9 bn in deposits at 72 offices of 26 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,136, moderately concentrated. $2.0 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.7 bn, contracts $150.8 m), $20,083 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $1.6 bn · 20.6% share · 9 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $1.4 bn · 17.1% share · 6 offices | |
| Capital One, National Association | $812.5 m · 10.3% share · 4 offices | |
| St. Tammany, LA | $2.0 bn FY2026 · $20,083/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $1.7 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $1,631,848,000 | 20.6% | 9 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $1,358,471,000 | 17.1% | 6 |
| Capital One, National Association | $812,463,000 | 10.3% | 4 |
| Regions Bank | $786,726,000 | 9.9% | 4 |
| BankPlus | $665,454,000 | 8.4% | 2 |
| Resource Bank | $640,171,000 | 8.1% | 6 |
| Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company | $496,775,000 | 6.3% | 4 |
| Home Bank, National Association | $291,775,000 | 3.7% | 6 |
| b1BANK | $252,213,000 | 3.2% | 1 |
| Citizens Bank & Trust Company | $162,229,000 | 2.0% | 5 |
Deposit concentration is 1,136 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 = 20.6² + 17.1² + 10.3² + … (23 more) = 1,136
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 | $1,439,738,099 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $264,233,456 |
| Department of Defense | $145,879,387 |
| Department of Transportation | $50,656,658 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $18,897,613 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $14,002,274 |
| Department of Education | $13,043,695 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $9,873,100 |
| Department of the Treasury | $4,573,433 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $4,366,163 |
| Department of the Interior | $611,359 |
| Department of Commerce | $546,236 |
That is $20,083 per covered job, against 97,862 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $2.0 bn / 97,862 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $20,083
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 #
St. Tammany Parish, LA: 13 findings, 3 at a watch level and 10 noted
watchSt. Tammany Parish, LA's price-to-rent ratio of 15.4 scores 33 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 96 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 62 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 62 = |33 across US counties - 96 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
watchSt. Tammany Parish, LA's years of wages of 3.7 scores 38 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 79 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 41 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 41 = |38 across US counties - 79 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
watchSt. Tammany Parish, LA's typical home value of $283,848 scores 66 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 97 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 30 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 30 = |66 across US counties - 97 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteSt. Tammany Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 22.8% 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
- +22.8 % = 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
noteSt. Tammany Parish, LA's covered employment was 1.1% 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
- +1.1 % = 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
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