Claiborne Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.83, -92.99.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 2nd pct · 2,996th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 3rd pct · 62nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- 0th pct · 3,058th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 0th pct · 64th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 22nd pct · 2,506th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 11th pct · 57th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 36th pct · 2,026th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 39th pct · 39th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 3rd pct · 2,968th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 4th pct · 61st 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 $96,921 (Aug 2026), -19.9% over one year, -54.9% over five
- 2nd pct · 2,996th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 3rd pct · 62nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Claiborne Parish, LA | $96,921 · -19.9% 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
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 $531 a month on $96,921 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,247 a month: 12.5% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $96,921 × 80% = $77,537, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $531/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $980 × 52 / 12 = $4,247) = 12% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $96,921 / ($980 × 52) = 1.9
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 #
2,718 jobs at 274 employers (2026 Q1); -8.2% jobs and +7.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 22nd pct · 2,506th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 11th pct · 57th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Claiborne Parish, LA | 2,718 jobs · $980/wk · -8.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 268 | $456 | 1.01 | -8.2% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 257 | $1,365 | 26.56 | +4.5% |
| Manufacturing | 107 | $1,093 | 0.49 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 61 | $2,233 | 0.53 | -11.6% |
| Utilities | 56 | $1,685 | 5.22 | +9.8% |
| Wholesale trade | 51 | $1,350 | 0.49 | -1.9% |
| Construction | 46 | $2,271 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 39 | $869 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 38 | $1,238 | 0.20 | +11.8% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 18 | $1,013 | 0.92 | -56.1% |
| Information | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
92 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 3 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo Lake | 59 % full · 30k ac-ft | 87 km |
| Wright Patman Lake | 100 % full · 123k ac-ft | 121 km |
| Lake O the Pines | 93 % full · 241k ac-ft | 141 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 #
25 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 1 stale
Sites found: 25, 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-07364840 | stage 7.62 ft · no flooding | 13 km |
| USGS-07365800 | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 24 km |
| USGS-07365500 | stage 0.74 ft | 32 km |
| USGS-07366200 | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 35 km |
| USGS-07365000 | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 36 km |
| USGS-07349000 | stage 0.39 ft · no flooding | 41 km |
| USGS-07348700 | flow 0.17 ft³/s · no flooding | 42 km |
| USGS-07349020 | stage 11.5 ft | 45 km |
| Bayou Bodcau at Bayou Bodcau Lake | no flooding | 51 km |
| USGS-07349450 | flow 308.0 ft³/s | 53 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 #
16 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 16, 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-324707093025001 | depth 146.4 ft · 2015-10-04 | 7 km |
| USGS-330002092445901 | depth 246.8 ft · 2026-10-05 | 30 km |
| USGS-324141092390501 | depth 190.2 ft · 2015-06-23 | 35 km |
| USGS-325518093221901 | depth 43.2 ft · 2026-10-05 | 37 km |
| USGS-331256092483702 | depth 272.8 ft · 2026-10-05 | 46 km |
| USGS-331145092413001 | depth 95.4 ft · 2026-10-05 | 50 km |
| USGS-331144092410601 | depth 336.0 ft · 2018-07-09 | 50 km |
| USGS-331104092380201 | depth 317.4 ft · 2016-10-09 | 52 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 (0.30)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.08 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$183.5 m in deposits at 5 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,001, highly concentrated. $89.5 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $82.4 m, grants $6.8 m), $32,913 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Guaranty Bank | $92.8 m · 50.6% share · 1 office | |
| Gibsland Bank & Trust Company | $90.7 m · 49.4% share · 4 offices | |
| Claiborne, LA | $89.5 m FY2026 · $32,913/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $80.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Guaranty Bank | $92,780,000 | 50.6% | 1 |
| Gibsland Bank & Trust Company | $90,691,000 | 49.4% | 4 |
Deposit concentration is 5,001 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 50.6² + 49.4² = 5,001
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 | $71,724,062 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $8,400,433 |
| Department of Transportation | $5,111,549 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,752,609 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,006,350 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $697,819 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $578,456 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $187,569 |
That is $32,913 per covered job, against 2,718 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $89.5 m / 2,718 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $32,913
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 | -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 #
Claiborne Parish, LA: 20 findings, 2 at an alert level, 4 at a watch level and 14 noted
alertClaiborne Parish, LA's typical home value is -19.9% 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 = -19.912953060820847 <= -5
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
alertClaiborne Parish, LA's covered employment is -8.2% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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.emp = -8.2 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchClaiborne Parish, LA's typical home value is -19.9% 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 = -19.912953060820847 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchClaiborne Parish, LA's covered employment is -8.2% 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 = -8.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchClaiborne Parish, LA's typical home value is -1.4% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical home value at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; 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.momPct = -1.350963180812369 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
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