Lafourche Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 29.49, -90.39.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 30th pct · 2,118th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 61st pct · 25th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 17th pct · 2,515th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 23rd pct · 49th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 27th pct · 1,017th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 25th pct · 21st of 28 Louisiana counties · median $1,363
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 78th pct · 680th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 79th pct · 14th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 85th pct · 455th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 80th pct · 13th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 14th pct · 2,622nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 30th pct · 45th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.1
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 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 $185,729 (Aug 2026), -0.4% over one year, -17.0% over five
- 30th pct · 2,118th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 61st pct · 25th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lafourche Parish, LA | $185,729 · -0.4% 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 #
Typical rent $1,263/mo (Aug 2026), +5.0% over one year; price-to-rent 12.2
- 27th pct · 1,017th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 25th pct · 21st of 28 Louisiana counties · median $1,363
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lafourche Parish, LA | $1,263/mo · +5.0% 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 $1,017 a month on $185,729 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,698 a month: 17.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $185,729 × 80% = $148,583, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,017/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,315 × 52 / 12 = $5,698) = 18% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $185,729 / ($1,315 × 52) = 2.7
- price-to-rent = $185,729 / ($1,263 × 12) = 12.2
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 #
33,718 jobs at 2,223 employers (2026 Q1); -6.0% jobs and +5.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 78th pct · 680th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 79th pct · 14th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lafourche Parish, LA | 33,718 jobs · $1,315/wk · -6.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation and warehousing | 5,588 | $2,131 | 3.93 | -6.1% |
| Health care and social assistance | 4,921 | $1,146 | 0.97 | +0.5% |
| Retail trade | 3,502 | $605 | 1.07 | -2.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 2,862 | $383 | 0.94 | +8.3% |
| Construction | 2,547 | $1,586 | 1.44 | -33.6% |
| Manufacturing | 2,271 | $1,475 | 0.84 | -11.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 1,819 | $900 | 0.95 | -0.4% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 1,146 | $4,075 | 9.55 | -18.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 780 | $1,434 | 0.34 | +1.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 628 | $1,361 | 0.46 | -1.4% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 265 | $409 | 0.48 | -17.2% |
| Real estate and rental | 257 | $974 | 0.50 | +0.0% |
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 #
D1 moderate 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: 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 #
moderate (0.25)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$2.2 bn in deposits at 29 offices of 11 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,094, moderately concentrated. $2.9 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $2.4 bn, direct payments $530.9 m), $86,642 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $411.5 m · 18.3% share · 3 offices | |
| United Community Bank | $299.9 m · 13.3% share · 4 offices | |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $261.7 m · 11.6% share · 2 offices | |
| Lafourche, LA | $2.9 bn FY2026 · $86,642/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $411,472,000 | 18.3% | 3 |
| United Community Bank | $299,853,000 | 13.3% | 4 |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $261,712,000 | 11.6% | 2 |
| Synergy Bank | $233,684,000 | 10.4% | 2 |
| Regions Bank | $217,876,000 | 9.7% | 2 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $194,519,000 | 8.7% | 2 |
| South Lafourche Bank & Trust Company | $147,846,000 | 6.6% | 4 |
| State Bank & Trust Company | $145,252,000 | 6.5% | 4 |
| b1BANK | $142,165,000 | 6.3% | 2 |
| First American Bank and Trust | $137,422,000 | 6.1% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 1,094 across 11 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 11 banks with deposits in the county = 18.3² + 13.3² + 11.6² + … (8 more) = 1,094
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 $86,642 per covered job, against 33,718 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $2.9 bn / 33,718 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $86,642
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 #
Lafourche Parish, LA: 13 findings, 1 at an alert level, 4 at a watch level and 8 noted
alertLafourche Parish, LA's covered employment is -6.0% 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 = -6 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchLafourche Parish, LA's covered employment is -6.0% 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 = -6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchLafourche Parish, LA's typical home value is -0.4% 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 = -0.4272112416188162 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchLafourche Parish, LA's price-to-rent ratio of 12.2 scores 8 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 41 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 33 = |8 across US counties - 41 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
watchLafourche Parish, LA's typical home value of $185,729 scores 31 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 62 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |31 across US counties - 62 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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.