Allen Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.65, -92.82.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 6th pct · 2,857th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 15th pct · 54th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- 3rd pct · 2,943rd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 7th pct · 59th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 47th pct · 1,695th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 38th pct · 40th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 46th pct · 1,729th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 47th pct · 34th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 6th pct · 2,852nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 15th pct · 54th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.1
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 $121,325 (Aug 2026), -5.5% over one year, -16.5% over five
- 6th pct · 2,857th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 15th pct · 54th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Parish, LA | $121,325 · -5.5% 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 #
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
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 $664 a month on $121,325 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,433 a month: 15.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $121,325 × 80% = $97,060, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $664/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,023 × 52 / 12 = $4,433) = 15% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $121,325 / ($1,023 × 52) = 2.3
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 #
7,421 jobs at 450 employers (2026 Q1); -0.6% jobs and +5.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 47th pct · 1,695th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 38th pct · 40th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Parish, LA | 7,421 jobs · $1,023/wk · -0.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 893 | $870 | 0.80 | -9.0% |
| Manufacturing | 687 | $1,291 | 1.15 | -7.2% |
| Retail trade | 658 | $585 | 0.91 | -6.9% |
| Construction | 194 | $1,553 | 0.50 | +410.5% |
| Administrative and waste services | 104 | $1,247 | 0.25 | -14.8% |
| Other services | 104 | $749 | 0.47 | -14.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 91 | $927 | 1.70 | +2.2% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 81 | $1,691 | 3.07 | +12.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 81 | $874 | 0.27 | +1.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 60 | $3,127 | 0.19 | -1.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 56 | $950 | 0.20 | -11.1% |
| Educational services | 39 | $987 | 0.24 | -9.3% |
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 #
74 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 3 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 4, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo Bd Res nr Burkeville, TX | 3,823,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 94 km |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | 86 % full · 2,236k ac-ft | 94 km |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir | 64 % full · 2,857k ac-ft | 131 km |
| B. A. Steinhagen Lake | 96 % full · 69k ac-ft | 131 km |
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 #
48 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 50 % · 7 stale
Sites found: 48, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Calcasieu River at I-10 at Lake Charles, LA | stage 2.21 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 62 km |
| Calcasieu River near Oberlin, LA | flow 42.9 ft³/s · no flooding | 1 km |
| Ouiska Chitto Creek Near Oberlin, LA | flow 211.0 ft³/s · quality 50 % (1) · no flooding | 9 km |
| Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA | flow 262.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 19 km |
| Bundick Creek north of Dry Creek, LA | stage 3.17 ft · observation not current · STALE | 22 km |
| Calcasieu River near Oakdale, LA | flow 46.7 ft³/s · no flooding | 23 km |
| Bayou Nezpique near Basile, LA | flow 13.5 ft³/s · no flooding | 26 km |
| Tenmile Creek northwest of Elizabeth, LA | stage 3.60 ft | 26 km |
| Barnes Creek at Topsy Bel Rd SW of Reeves, LA | stage 2.32 ft · observation not current · STALE | 33 km |
| Ouiska Chitto Creek at Hwy 399 NW of Sugartown, LA | stage 1.96 ft · no flooding | 36 km |
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 #
14 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 14, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-304120092263001 | depth 100.2 ft · 2016-12-07 | 36 km |
| USGS-310007092431602 | depth 30.9 ft · 2016-01-05 | 40 km |
| USGS-310007092431601 | depth 73.8 ft · 2016-01-05 | 40 km |
| USGS-301300092584503 | depth 59.4 ft · 2017-07-14 | 51 km |
| USGS-301832092234501 | depth 85.7 ft · 2016-12-07 | 56 km |
| USGS-305049092164102 | depth 26.5 ft · 2016-12-11 | 56 km |
| USGS-310928092421401 | depth 58.3 ft · 2015-09-29 | 57 km |
| USGS-310806092351801 | depth 87.1 ft · 2016-01-04 | 58 km |
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 #
moderate (0.42)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.26 + 0.2×0.50 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$249.3 m in deposits at 5 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,681, highly concentrated. $175.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $124.0 m, grants $26.4 m), $23,608 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Horizon Bank | $89.0 m · 35.7% share · 1 office | |
| JD Bank | $63.8 m · 25.6% share · 1 office | |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $51.2 m · 20.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Allen, LA | $175.2 m FY2026 · $23,608/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $119.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Horizon Bank | $89,014,000 | 35.7% | 1 |
| JD Bank | $63,783,000 | 25.6% | 1 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $51,211,000 | 20.5% | 2 |
| First Federal Bank of Louisiana | $45,298,000 | 18.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,681 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 35.7² + 25.6² + 20.5² + … (1 more) = 2,681
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 | $102,702,144 |
| Department of Justice | $25,226,543 |
| Department of Transportation | $21,311,490 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $14,961,813 |
| Department of Agriculture | $3,398,248 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,767,147 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $2,555,728 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,348,676 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $758,789 |
| Department of the Interior | $89,789 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $77,976 |
| Department of Commerce | $0 |
That is $23,608 per covered job, against 7,421 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $175.2 m / 7,421 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $23,608
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 | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| 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 · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-06 | +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 | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| 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 | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| 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 | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
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 #
Allen Parish, LA: 10 findings, 1 at an alert level, 2 at a watch level and 7 noted
alertAllen Parish, LA's typical home value is -5.5% against a year earlier, an alert level here: typical home value at least 5 percent below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; 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 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -5.45614244820021 <= -5
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchAllen Parish, LA's typical home value is -5.5% 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 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -5.45614244820021 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchAllen Parish, LA's covered employment is -0.6% 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 = -0.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteAllen Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 5.9% 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
- +5.9 % = 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
noteAllen Parish, LA's covered employment was 0.6% 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
- -0.6 % = 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 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.