De Soto Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.06, -93.74.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 41st pct · 1,805th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 71st pct · 19th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 97th pct · 76th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 96th pct · 3rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 49th pct · 1,637th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 42nd pct · 37th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 92nd pct · 250th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 88th pct · 8th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 14th pct · 2,613th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 31st pct · 44th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.1
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City 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 $211,373 (Aug 2026), +11.4% over one year, +0.4% over five
- 41st pct · 1,805th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 71st pct · 19th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| De Soto Parish, LA | $211,373 · +11.4% 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 Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City 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 $1,157 a month on $211,373 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $6,431 a month: 18.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $211,373 × 80% = $169,098, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,157/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,484 × 52 / 12 = $6,431) = 18% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $211,373 / ($1,484 × 52) = 2.7
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 #
7,964 jobs at 679 employers (2026 Q1); -5.2% jobs and +5.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 49th pct · 1,637th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 42nd pct · 37th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| De Soto Parish, LA | 7,964 jobs · $1,484/wk · -5.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining, oil and gas | 1,269 | $2,623 | 44.75 | +20.1% |
| Manufacturing | 921 | $2,516 | 1.44 | +6.8% |
| Retail trade | 851 | $666 | 1.10 | +2.0% |
| Construction | 621 | $1,083 | 1.49 | -58.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 418 | $348 | 0.58 | +2.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 349 | $1,740 | 1.04 | +36.9% |
| Utilities | 204 | $5,233 | 6.49 | +3.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 166 | $1,065 | 0.51 | -2.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 119 | $919 | 0.22 | +26.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 90 | $1,007 | 0.20 | +8.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 72 | $1,357 | 0.24 | -1.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 67 | $1,233 | 0.55 | +6.3% |
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 13, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Murvaul Lake | 89 % full · 38k ac-ft | 64 km |
| Caddo Lake | 59 % full · 30k ac-ft | 74 km |
| Martin Lake | 79 % full · 76k ac-ft | 82 km |
| Lake Cherokee | 80 % full · 40k ac-ft | 94 km |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | 86 % full · 2,236k ac-ft | 97 km |
| Lake O the Pines | 93 % full · 241k ac-ft | 105 km |
| Lake Nacogdoches | 85 % full · 40k ac-ft | 115 km |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir | 64 % full · 2,857k ac-ft | 116 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 #
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 #
moderate (0.38)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.24 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$933.1 m in deposits at 13 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,171, highly concentrated. $197.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $173.8 m, grants $23.2 m), $24,761 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Community Bank of Louisiana | $561.3 m · 60.2% share · 4 offices | |
| Bonvenu Bank, National Association | $188.2 m · 20.2% share · 1 office | |
| Progressive National Bank | $102.1 m · 10.9% share · 4 offices | |
| De Soto, LA | $197.2 m FY2026 · $24,761/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Bank of Louisiana | $561,324,000 | 60.2% | 4 |
| Bonvenu Bank, National Association | $188,204,000 | 20.2% | 1 |
| Progressive National Bank | $102,108,000 | 10.9% | 4 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $30,902,000 | 3.3% | 2 |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $25,426,000 | 2.7% | 1 |
| Red River Bank | $25,168,000 | 2.7% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 4,171 across 6 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 6 banks with deposits in the county = 60.2² + 20.2² + 10.9² + … (3 more) = 4,171
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 #
That is $24,761 per covered job, against 7,964 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $197.2 m / 7,964 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $24,761
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 #
De Soto Parish, LA: 12 findings, 1 at an alert level, 2 at a watch level and 9 noted
alertDe Soto Parish, LA's covered employment is -5.2% 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 = -5.2 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchDe Soto Parish, LA's covered employment is -5.2% 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 = -5.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchDe Soto Parish, LA's typical home value of $211,373 scores 41 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 71 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 30 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 30 = |41 across US counties - 71 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteDe Soto Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 5.4% 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
- +5.4 % = 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
noteDe Soto Parish, LA's covered employment was 5.2% 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
- -5.2 % = 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
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.