Sabine Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.56, -93.56.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 34th pct · 1,994th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 65th pct · 23rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- 37th pct · 1,915th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 44th pct · 36th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 39th pct · 1,954th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 31st pct · 44th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 17th pct · 2,664th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 19th pct · 52nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 48th pct · 1,585th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 92nd pct · 6th 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 $194,612 (Aug 2026), +1.8% over one year, -5.5% over five
- 34th pct · 1,994th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 65th pct · 23rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sabine Parish, LA | $194,612 · +1.8% 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 $1,065 a month on $194,612 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,852 a month: 27.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $194,612 × 80% = $155,690, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,065/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $889 × 52 / 12 = $3,852) = 28% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $194,612 / ($889 × 52) = 4.2
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 #
5,425 jobs at 581 employers (2026 Q1); -0.2% jobs and +4.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 39th pct · 1,954th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 31st pct · 44th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sabine Parish, LA | 5,425 jobs · $889/wk · -0.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 877 | $1,244 | 2.01 | +5.3% |
| Retail trade | 746 | $575 | 1.41 | -7.1% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 212 | $1,032 | 5.41 | -0.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 179 | $1,415 | 0.81 | -2.7% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 173 | $1,139 | 0.76 | +6.8% |
| Management of companies | 133 | $1,152 | 1.46 | +6.4% |
| Construction | 114 | $952 | 0.40 | -28.3% |
| Other services | 114 | $646 | 0.70 | +2.7% |
| Professional and technical services | 109 | $1,059 | 0.29 | +0.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 70 | $1,328 | 0.34 | -9.1% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 65 | $2,246 | 3.37 | +124.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 61 | $1,324 | 0.20 | -39.6% |
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 #
74 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 9 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 11, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | 86 % full · 2,236k ac-ft | 41 km |
| Toledo Bd Res nr Burkeville, TX | 3,823,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 41 km |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir | 64 % full · 2,857k ac-ft | 76 km |
| Murvaul Lake | 89 % full · 38k ac-ft | 97 km |
| B. A. Steinhagen Lake | 96 % full · 69k ac-ft | 104 km |
| Lk Nacogdoches nr Nacogdoches, TX | 33,720 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 120 km |
| Lake Nacogdoches | 85 % full · 40k ac-ft | 120 km |
| Martin Lake | 79 % full · 76k ac-ft | 123 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 #
29 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 4 stale
Sites found: 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Byu Dupont nr Robeline, LA | stage 3.11 ft | 27 km |
| Bayou Toro near Toro, LA | flow 7.56 ft³/s | 28 km |
| Bayou San Patricio near Benson, LA | flow 33.6 ft³/s | 36 km |
| Palo Gaucho Bayou at FM 2784 nr Milam, TX | flow 2.45 ft³/s | 37 km |
| Housen Bayou at SH 87 nr Hemphill, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 39 km |
| KISATCHIE BAYOU AT KISATCHIE, LA. | stage 8.51 ft | 40 km |
| Sabine Rv at Toledo Bd Spillway nr Burkeville, TX | flow 201.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 41 km |
| Kisatchie Bayou at Lotus, LA | stage 5.34 ft · STALE | 41 km |
| Bayou Pierre near Lake End, LA | flow 503.0 ft³/s | 42 km |
| Sabine Rv at Toledo Bd Res nr Burkeville, TX | flow 252.0 ft³/s | 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 #
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 (0.39)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.26 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$775.4 m in deposits at 13 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,679, highly concentrated. $171.3 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $148.6 m, contracts $18.0 m), $31,574 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $511.3 m · 65.9% share · 7 offices | |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $93.3 m · 12.0% share · 2 offices | |
| BOM Bank | $87.6 m · 11.3% share · 1 office | |
| Sabine, LA | $171.3 m FY2026 · $31,574/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $145.3 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $511,346,000 | 65.9% | 7 |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $93,348,000 | 12.0% | 2 |
| BOM Bank | $87,573,000 | 11.3% | 1 |
| City Bank & Trust Co. | $44,730,000 | 5.8% | 1 |
| Community Bank of Louisiana | $38,388,000 | 5.0% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 4,679 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 65.9² + 12.0² + 11.3² + … (2 more) = 4,679
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 | $126,484,827 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $17,990,508 |
| Department of Defense | $17,086,998 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $2,901,309 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1,868,753 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,643,336 |
| Department of Justice | $955,063 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $815,540 |
| Department of Transportation | $801,515 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $563,891 |
| Department of Education | $177,392 |
That is $31,574 per covered job, against 5,425 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $171.3 m / 5,425 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $31,574
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 #
Sabine Parish, LA: 8 findings, 3 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchSabine Parish, LA's covered employment is -0.2% 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 = -0.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchSabine Parish, LA's years of wages of 4.2 scores 48 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 92 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 44 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 44 = |48 across US counties - 92 across Louisiana counties|
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchSabine Parish, LA's typical home value of $194,612 scores 35 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 65 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 30 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 30 = |35 across US counties - 65 across Louisiana counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteSabine Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 4.1% 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
- +4.1 % = 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
noteSabine Parish, LA's typical home value fell 0.8% from $196,194 in July 2026 to $194,612 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.8% = (194612.14463815055 - 196194.33237416475) / 196194.33237416475 × 100
- 194612.14463815055 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 196194.33237416475 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
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