Red River Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.10, -93.35.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
- 19th pct · 2,474th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 39th pct · 39th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- 97th pct · 67th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 98th pct · 2nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 19th pct · 2,587th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 9th pct · 58th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 47th pct · 1,689th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 49th pct · 33rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 19th pct · 2,468th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 42nd pct · 37th 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 $159,198 (Aug 2026), +11.7% over one year, -3.2% over five
- 19th pct · 2,474th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 39th pct · 39th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Red River Parish, LA | $159,198 · +11.7% 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 $871 a month on $159,198 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,455 a month: 19.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $159,198 × 80% = $127,358, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $871/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,028 × 52 / 12 = $4,455) = 20% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $159,198 / ($1,028 × 52) = 3.0
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 #
2,404 jobs at 205 employers (2026 Q1); -4.5% jobs and +3.7% average weekly wage over the year
- 19th pct · 2,587th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 9th pct · 58th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Red River Parish, LA | 2,404 jobs · $1,028/wk · -4.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 213 | $528 | 0.91 | -7.0% |
| Manufacturing | 203 | $1,686 | 1.05 | -37.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 97 | $2,419 | 0.96 | -18.5% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 96 | $862 | 5.53 | +35.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 76 | $1,325 | 0.78 | -11.6% |
| Construction | 63 | $1,234 | 0.50 | -22.2% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 45 | $2,034 | 5.26 | +36.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 45 | $1,786 | 0.27 | -8.2% |
| Real estate and rental | 14 | $636 | 0.38 | +16.7% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Information | 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 #
75 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 7 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 8, 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 | 86 km |
| Murvaul Lake | 89 % full · 38k ac-ft | 101 km |
| Toledo Bd Res nr Burkeville, TX | 3,819,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 103 km |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | 86 % full · 2,236k ac-ft | 103 km |
| Martin Lake | 79 % full · 76k ac-ft | 117 km |
| Lake Cherokee | 80 % full · 40k ac-ft | 128 km |
| Lake O the Pines | 93 % full · 241k ac-ft | 130 km |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir | 64 % full · 2,857k ac-ft | 136 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 #
37 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 3 stale
Sites found: 37, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Loggy Bayou Near East Point,LA. | stage 24.5 ft | 14 km |
| Flat River at High Island, LA | stage 7.99 ft | 20 km |
| Bayou Pierre near Lake End, LA | flow 507.0 ft³/s | 23 km |
| Black Lake Bayou north of Castor, La | stage 6.71 ft | 27 km |
| Bayou Pierre near Powhatan, LA. | stage 11.6 ft | 30 km |
| Red Chute Bayou near Elm Grove, LA. | stage 9.52 ft | 32 km |
| Bayou San Patricio near Benson, LA | flow 19.4 ft³/s | 39 km |
| Saline Bayou near Lucky, LA | flow 17.9 ft³/s | 39 km |
| Flat River east of Caplis, LA | stage 6.09 ft | 41 km |
| Bayou Pierre nr. Robson, LA. | stage 6.90 ft | 43 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 #
3 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 3, 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-322343093211501 | depth 21.0 ft · 2026-10-05 | 33 km |
| USGS-323601093354101 | depth 50.2 ft · 2016-01-17 | 60 km |
| USGS-321338092345801 | depth 233.9 ft · 2014-12-16 | 73 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 + 0.3×0.25 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$378.4 m in deposits at 3 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,763, highly concentrated. $44.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $43.1 m, grants $1.1 m), $18,403 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of Coushatta | $212.4 m · 56.1% share · 1 office | |
| American Bank | $151.2 m · 40.0% share · 1 office | |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $14.8 m · 3.9% share · 1 office | |
| Red River, LA | $44.2 m FY2026 · $18,403/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $41.7 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Coushatta | $212,421,000 | 56.1% | 1 |
| American Bank | $151,200,000 | 40.0% | 1 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $14,805,000 | 3.9% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 4,763 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 = 56.1² + 40.0² + 3.9² = 4,763
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 | $37,092,741 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $4,004,855 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1,514,936 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,133,134 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $636,771 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $225,198 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Department of Transportation | -$367,486 |
That is $18,403 per covered job, against 2,404 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $44.2 m / 2,404 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $18,403
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 #
Red River Parish, LA: 11 findings, 1 at an alert level, 1 at a watch level and 9 noted
alertRed River Parish, LA's covered employment is -4.5% 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 = -4.5 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchRed River Parish, LA's covered employment is -4.5% 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 = -4.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteRed River Parish, LA's covered employment was 4.5% 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
- -4.5 % = 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
noteRed River Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 3.7% 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
- +3.7 % = 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
noteRed River Parish, LA's typical home value rose 0.3% from $158,682 in July 2026 to $159,198 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (159197.8712669956 - 158681.80164140233) / 158681.80164140233 × 100
- 159197.8712669956 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 158681.80164140233 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 11 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.