Cameron Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 29.87, -93.16.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 51st pct · 1,488th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 84th pct · 11th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 97th pct · 91st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 95th pct · 4th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 42nd pct · 1,857th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 34th pct · 42nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 99th pct · 10th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 100th pct · 1st of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 1st pct · 3,031st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 1st pct · 63rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.1
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles 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 $238,575 (Aug 2026), +10.9% over one year, n/a over five
- 51st pct · 1,488th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 84th pct · 11th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cameron Parish, LA | $238,575 · +10.9% 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 Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles 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 $1,306 a month on $238,575 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $13,113 a month: 10.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $238,575 × 80% = $190,860, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,306/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $3,026 × 52 / 12 = $13,113) = 10% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $238,575 / ($3,026 × 52) = 1.5
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 #
6,070 jobs at 172 employers (2026 Q1); +47.0% jobs and -3.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 42nd pct · 1,857th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 34th pct · 42nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Lake Charles metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Lake Charles metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cameron Parish, LA | 6,070 jobs · $3,026/wk · +47.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 2,611 | $1,771 | 8.21 | +0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 1,935 | $6,057 | 3.96 | +35.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 252 | $2,236 | 0.99 | +26.6% |
| Retail trade | 123 | $436 | 0.21 | +4.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 80 | $1,850 | 0.23 | +14.3% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 31 | $1,059 | 0.71 | +0.0% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 23 | $4,543 | 1.06 | +0.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 7 | $4,217 | 0.02 | -53.3% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld |
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 #
94 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 1 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B. A. Steinhagen Lake | 94 % full · 69k ac-ft | 142 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 #
31 gauges · 0 flooding · 10 with quality panels averaging 33 % · 11 stale
Sites found: 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CRMS2418-H01-RT | stage 0.48 ft · quality 25 % (2) · STALE | 0 km |
| Sabine Lk site SAB2 nr Sabine Pass, TX | temp 31.2 °C · quality 25 % (2) · STALE | 71 km |
| CRMS0641 | stage 1.54 ft · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 33 km |
| CRMS0568-H01-RT | stage 1.48 ft · quality 25 % (2) · STALE | 73 km |
| Sabine Lk site SAB1 nr Groves, TX | temp 31.8 °C · quality 25 % (2) · STALE | 67 km |
| Calcasieu River at I-10 at Lake Charles, LA | stage 1.65 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 41 km |
| Calcasieu River at Cameron, LA | stage 6.83 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 19 km |
| CRMS2166-H01-RT | stage 0.98 ft · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 53 km |
| CRMS0615-H01-RT | stage 1.61 ft · quality 0 % (2) · STALE | 39 km |
| CRMS0651-H01-RT | stage 1.46 ft · quality 25 % (2) · STALE | 35 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 #
5 wells in 1 named aquifer: Coastal lowlands aquifer system
Sites found: 5, 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-301213093191701 | depth 79.2 ft · 2016-12-06 | 40 km |
| USGS-301336093183001 | depth 83.5 ft · 2016-12-06 | 42 km |
| USGS-301336093183002 | depth 52.3 ft · 2016-12-06 | 42 km |
| USGS-301300092584503 | depth 59.4 ft · 2017-07-14 | 42 km |
| Coastal lowlands aquifer system | depth 36.8 ft · 2009-03-25 | 61 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 (0.39)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.06 + 0.2×0.68 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$162.9 m in deposits at 3 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,645, highly concentrated. $48.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $31.7 m, contracts $13.8 m), $7,944 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| b1BANK | $93.6 m · 57.5% share · 1 office | |
| First Horizon Bank | $58.8 m · 36.1% share · 1 office | |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $10.5 m · 6.5% share · 1 office | |
| Cameron, LA | $48.2 m FY2026 · $7,944/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $28.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| b1BANK | $93,602,000 | 57.5% | 1 |
| First Horizon Bank | $58,760,000 | 36.1% | 1 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $10,535,000 | 6.5% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 4,645 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 57.5² + 36.1² + 6.5² = 4,645
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 | $27,759,040 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $11,220,634 |
| Department of Agriculture | $3,420,414 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,688,894 |
| Department of Commerce | $1,418,029 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $916,153 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $588,850 |
| Department of Defense | $576,145 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $225,941 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $142,642 |
| Department of the Interior | $133,959 |
| Department of Energy | $101,500 |
That is $7,944 per covered job, against 6,070 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $48.2 m / 6,070 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $7,944
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 | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| 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 | -88,576.00 | 2026-07-01 | -24.4% |
| 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 #
Cameron Parish, LA: 14 findings, 2 at a watch level and 12 noted
watchCameron Parish, LA's average weekly wage is -3.9% 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 = -3.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchCameron Parish, LA's typical home value of $238,575 scores 51 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 84 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 33 = |51 across US counties - 84 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteCameron Parish, LA's covered employment was 47.0% 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
- +47 % = 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
noteCameron Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 3.9% 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
- -3.9 % = 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
noteCameron Parish, LA's typical home value rose 0.5% from $237,435 in July 2026 to $238,575 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (238575.3535794556 - 237435.31819856967) / 237435.31819856967 × 100
- 238575.3535794556 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 237435.31819856967 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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