Washington Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.85, -90.05.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 13th pct · 2,661st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 28th pct · 46th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- 81st pct · 564th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 87th pct · 9th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 56th pct · 1,406th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 50th pct · 32nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 24th pct · 2,427th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 30th pct · 45th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 19th pct · 2,480th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 41st pct · 38th 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 $142,625 (Aug 2026), +6.2% over one year, -5.6% over five
- 13th pct · 2,661st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 28th pct · 46th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Parish, LA | $142,625 · +6.2% 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 $781 a month on $142,625 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,017 a month: 19.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $142,625 × 80% = $114,100, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $781/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $927 × 52 / 12 = $4,017) = 19% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $142,625 / ($927 × 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 #
10,736 jobs at 914 employers (2026 Q1); -3.9% jobs and +1.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 56th pct · 1,406th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 50th pct · 32nd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Parish, LA | 10,736 jobs · $927/wk · -3.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 1,320 | $574 | 1.26 | +2.5% |
| Manufacturing | 1,265 | $1,763 | 1.46 | -2.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 1,141 | $707 | 1.87 | -17.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 683 | $296 | 0.71 | -3.9% |
| Construction | 508 | $995 | 0.90 | -17.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 289 | $1,102 | 0.66 | +3.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 157 | $1,002 | 0.38 | +7.5% |
| Other services | 152 | $630 | 0.47 | -4.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 144 | $1,337 | 0.32 | +23.1% |
| Utilities | 113 | $2,285 | 2.67 | +8.7% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 83 | $983 | 1.07 | -17.0% |
| Information | 57 | $1,356 | 0.29 | +26.7% |
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 #
$652.4 m in deposits at 10 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,827, highly concentrated. $279.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $272.8 m, grants $4.4 m), $26,025 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Citizens Savings Bank | $247.3 m · 37.9% share · 4 offices | |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $212.2 m · 32.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Resource Bank | $91.7 m · 14.1% share · 2 offices | |
| Washington, LA | $279.4 m FY2026 · $26,025/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $265.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Savings Bank | $247,287,000 | 37.9% | 4 |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $212,178,000 | 32.5% | 2 |
| Resource Bank | $91,724,000 | 14.1% | 2 |
| Capital One, National Association | $67,922,000 | 10.4% | 1 |
| Renasant Bank | $33,270,000 | 5.1% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,827 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 = 37.9² + 32.5² + 14.1² + … (2 more) = 2,827
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.
That is $26,025 per covered job, against 10,736 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $279.4 m / 10,736 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $26,025
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 #
Washington Parish, LA: 7 findings, 1 at an alert level, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
alertWashington Parish, LA's covered employment is -3.9% 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 = -3.9 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchWashington Parish, LA's covered employment is -3.9% 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 = -3.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteWashington Parish, LA's covered employment was 3.9% 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
- -3.9 % = 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
noteWashington Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 1.2% 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
- +1.2 % = 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
noteWashington Parish, LA's typical home value rose 0.8% from $141,534 in July 2026 to $142,625 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.8% = (142625.2687304255 - 141534.05527318732) / 141534.05527318732 × 100
- 142625.2687304255 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 141534.05527318732 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 7 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.