Assumption Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 29.90, -91.07.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 28th pct · 2,176th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 57th pct · 28th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 22nd pct · 8th of 10 counties in the Baton Rouge metro · median $227,130
- 45th pct · 1,678th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 49th pct · 33rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- 55th pct · 5th of 10 counties in the Baton Rouge metro · median +2.3%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- counties in the Baton Rouge metro: not published this period
- 31st pct · 2,216th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 17th pct · 53rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 11th pct · 9th of 10 counties in the Baton Rouge metro · median 9,323
- 61st pct · 1,236th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 57th pct · 28th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 33rd pct · 7th of 10 counties in the Baton Rouge metro · median $1,240
- 24th pct · 2,314th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 55th pct · 29th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
- 11th pct · 9th of 10 counties in the Baton Rouge metro · median 3.6
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 $178,799 (Sep 2026), +2.5% over one year, +15.2% over five
- 28th pct · 2,176th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 57th pct · 28th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 22nd pct · 8th of 10 counties in the Baton Rouge metro · median $227,130
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Assumption Parish, LA | $178,799 · +2.5% 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
- counties in the Baton Rouge metro: 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 $990 a month on $178,799 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,749 a month: 20.9% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $178,799 × 80% = $143,039, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $990/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,096 × 52 / 12 = $4,749) = 21% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $178,799 / ($1,096 × 52) = 3.1
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 #
3,951 jobs at 334 employers (2026 Q1); -2.9% jobs and -0.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 31st pct · 2,216th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 17th pct · 53rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 11th pct · 9th of 10 counties in the Baton Rouge metro · median 9,323
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Assumption Parish, LA | 3,951 jobs · $1,096/wk · -2.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 918 | $1,477 | 2.89 | +4.6% |
| Construction | 473 | $1,355 | 2.28 | -19.7% |
| Retail trade | 397 | $504 | 1.03 | -2.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 194 | $1,385 | 1.17 | -19.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 118 | $1,538 | 0.73 | +19.2% |
| Professional and technical services | 93 | $1,164 | 0.34 | +2.2% |
| Other services | 76 | $780 | 0.64 | +4.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 44 | $1,145 | 0.29 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 41 | $686 | 0.68 | +115.8% |
| Utilities | 40 | $3,211 | 2.56 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 20 | $1,304 | 0.09 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 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 #
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 #
$209.1 m in deposits at 7 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,465, highly concentrated. $132.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $126.2 m, grants $6.0 m), $33,523 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $79.9 m · 38.2% share · 3 offices | |
| Renasant Bank | $79.1 m · 37.8% share · 2 offices | |
| First American Bank and Trust | $50.1 m · 24.0% share · 2 offices | |
| Assumption, LA | $132.4 m FY2026 · $33,523/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $124.3 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $79,925,000 | 38.2% | 3 |
| Renasant Bank | $79,060,000 | 37.8% | 2 |
| First American Bank and Trust | $50,102,000 | 24.0% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 3,465 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 = 38.2² + 37.8² + 24.0² = 3,465
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 | $115,718,149 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $8,406,572 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,900,820 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,116,500 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $672,131 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $642,836 |
| Department of Agriculture | $641,058 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $271,722 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $75,000 |
| Small Business Administration | $3,748 |
That is $33,523 per covered job, against 3,951 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $132.4 m / 3,951 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $33,523
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 | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| 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 · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +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 | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| 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 | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| 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 | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
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 #
Assumption Parish, LA: 11 findings, 4 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchAssumption Parish, LA's covered employment is -2.9% 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 = -2.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchAssumption Parish, LA's average weekly wage is -0.8% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; 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.avgWeeklyWage = -0.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchAssumption Parish, LA's momentum index is -0.29, a watch level here: momentum index in the cooling band (the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; 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 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: momentum = -0.29312745380679583 <= -0.25
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchAssumption Parish, LA's years of wages of 3.1 scores 24 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 56 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |24 across US counties - 56 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
noteAssumption Parish, LA's covered employment was 2.9% 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
- -2.9 % = 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
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.