Webster Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.73, -93.34.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
- 6th pct · 2,865th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 14th pct · 55th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
- 6th pct · 2,873rd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 12th pct · 56th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.1%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 57th pct · 1,363rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 53rd pct · 30th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 41st pct · 1,892nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 42nd pct · 37th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 7th pct · 2,836th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 17th pct · 53rd 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 $119,979 (Aug 2026), -3.6% over one year, -17.6% over five
- 6th pct · 2,865th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 14th pct · 55th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $176,099
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Webster Parish, LA | $119,979 · -3.6% 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 $657 a month on $119,979 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,333 a month: 15.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $119,979 × 80% = $95,983, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $657/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,000 × 52 / 12 = $4,333) = 15% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $119,979 / ($1,000 × 52) = 2.3
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 #
11,311 jobs at 1,031 employers (2026 Q1); -0.3% jobs and +5.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 57th pct · 1,363rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 53rd pct · 30th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Webster Parish, LA | 11,311 jobs · $1,000/wk · -0.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 2,454 | $810 | 1.44 | +4.4% |
| Retail trade | 1,888 | $610 | 1.71 | -0.9% |
| Manufacturing | 1,466 | $1,840 | 1.61 | +2.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 788 | $373 | 0.78 | -0.5% |
| Construction | 578 | $1,383 | 0.97 | -6.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 338 | $1,242 | 0.78 | -7.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 294 | $1,833 | 0.62 | -5.2% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 292 | $1,841 | 7.25 | +8.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 289 | $1,085 | 0.45 | -4.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 232 | $1,328 | 0.50 | -4.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 218 | $1,179 | 0.28 | -12.8% |
| Other services | 194 | $913 | 0.57 | -1.5% |
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 #
89 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 6 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 6, 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 | 54 km |
| Wright Patman Lake | 100 % full · 123k ac-ft | 100 km |
| Lake O the Pines | 93 % full · 241k ac-ft | 108 km |
| Martin Lake | 79 % full · 76k ac-ft | 127 km |
| Murvaul Lake | 89 % full · 38k ac-ft | 128 km |
| Lake Cherokee | 80 % full · 40k ac-ft | 131 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 #
47 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 1 stale
Sites found: 47, 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-07349000 | stage 0.37 ft · no flooding | 15 km |
| Bayou Bodcau at Bayou Bodcau Lake | no flooding | 16 km |
| USGS-07349020 | stage 11.5 ft | 22 km |
| USGS-07348700 | flow 0.15 ft³/s · no flooding | 30 km |
| USGS-07349815 | stage 8.03 ft | 32 km |
| USGS-07349849 | stage 5.32 ft | 33 km |
| USGS-07349298 | stage 4.07 ft | 34 km |
| USGS-07349450 | flow 310.0 ft³/s | 34 km |
| USGS-07349898 | stage 1.77 ft | 37 km |
| USGS-07349860 | flow 215.0 ft³/s | 40 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 #
8 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 8, 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-325518093221901 | depth 43.2 ft · 2026-10-05 | 21 km |
| USGS-324707093025001 | depth 146.4 ft · 2015-10-04 | 28 km |
| USGS-323601093354101 | depth 50.2 ft · 2016-01-17 | 28 km |
| USGS-322343093211501 | depth 21.0 ft · 2026-10-05 | 37 km |
| USGS-331609093144902 | depth 264.2 ft · 2026-10-06 | 60 km |
| USGS-330002092445901 | depth 246.8 ft · 2026-10-05 | 63 km |
| USGS-324141092390501 | depth 190.2 ft · 2015-06-23 | 65 km |
| USGS-331256092483702 | depth 272.8 ft · 2026-10-06 | 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 (0.32)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.11 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$920.1 m in deposits at 12 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,861, highly concentrated. $294.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $248.2 m, grants $37.7 m), $26,070 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| b1BANK | $424.0 m · 46.1% share · 2 offices | |
| Regions Bank | $158.8 m · 17.3% share · 2 offices | |
| Bonvenu Bank, National Association | $135.5 m · 14.7% share · 2 offices | |
| Webster, LA | $294.9 m FY2026 · $26,070/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $240.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| b1BANK | $424,022,000 | 46.1% | 2 |
| Regions Bank | $158,757,000 | 17.3% | 2 |
| Bonvenu Bank, National Association | $135,540,000 | 14.7% | 2 |
| Gibsland Bank & Trust Company | $123,842,000 | 13.5% | 3 |
| Capital One, National Association | $54,055,000 | 5.9% | 2 |
| Home Federal Bank | $23,888,000 | 2.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,861 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 = 46.1² + 17.3² + 14.7² + … (3 more) = 2,861
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 | $206,087,295 |
| Department of Transportation | $33,401,935 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $30,670,548 |
| Department of Defense | $8,877,198 |
| Department of Education | $4,020,779 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $3,552,977 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $3,254,479 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,778,949 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,528,149 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $446,985 |
| Delta Regional Authority | $254,100 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $26,070 per covered job, against 11,311 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $294.9 m / 11,311 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $26,070
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 #
Webster Parish, LA: 11 findings, 3 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchWebster Parish, LA's typical home value is -3.6% 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 = -3.6037124789162474 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchWebster Parish, LA's covered employment is -0.3% 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 = -0.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchWebster Parish, LA's typical home value is -1.2% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical home value at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; 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 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.momPct = -1.2323027803192557 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteWebster Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 5.3% 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
- +5.3 % = 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
noteWebster Parish, LA's typical home value fell 1.2% from $121,476 in July 2026 to $119,979 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -1.2% = (119978.87737243091 - 121475.82737053382) / 121475.82737053382 × 100
- 119978.87737243091 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 121475.82737053382 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 11 findings in the full brief
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