Avoyelles Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.09, -91.98.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 11th pct · 2,724th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 26th pct · 47th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 62nd pct · 1,154th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 73rd pct · 18th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 54th pct · 1,472nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 49th pct · 33rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 7th pct · 2,974th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 9th pct · 58th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 25th pct · 2,294th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 57th pct · 28th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 3.0
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 $133,617 (Sep 2026), +3.9% over one year, -15.8% over five
- 11th pct · 2,724th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 26th pct · 47th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Avoyelles Parish, LA | $133,617 · +3.9% 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 $740 a month on $133,617 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,519 a month: 21.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $133,617 × 80% = $106,894, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $740/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $812 × 52 / 12 = $3,519) = 21% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $133,617 / ($812 × 52) = 3.2
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 #
9,638 jobs at 977 employers (2026 Q1); -1.4% jobs and +3.6% average weekly wage over the year
- 54th pct · 1,472nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 49th pct · 33rd of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Avoyelles Parish, LA | 9,638 jobs · $812/wk · -1.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 1,389 | $598 | 1.48 | -4.5% |
| Construction | 624 | $1,021 | 1.23 | +2.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 551 | $294 | 0.64 | +5.6% |
| Manufacturing | 385 | $815 | 0.50 | +11.3% |
| Finance and insurance | 357 | $1,031 | 0.91 | -1.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 253 | $1,045 | 0.38 | -19.4% |
| Other services | 160 | $695 | 0.56 | -3.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 132 | $1,371 | 0.36 | -22.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 93 | $888 | 0.23 | +8.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 84 | $845 | 0.15 | +2.4% |
| Information | 63 | $1,445 | 0.35 | +12.5% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 61 | $718 | 0.38 | -3.2% |
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 #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
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 #
28 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 6 stale
Sites found: 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Ch. at Moreauville, LA | flow 10.9 ft³/s | 6 km |
| Little River at Boggy Bayou Rd e of Marksville, LA | stage 40.2 ft | 6 km |
| Bayou Des Glaises Div Ch nr Moreauville, LA. | stage 3.03 ft | 10 km |
| Atchafalaya River at Simmesport, LA | flow 146,000 ft³/s | 21 km |
| Red River 6.5 miles below Black River, LA | flow 7,690 ft³/s | 26 km |
| Bayou Cocodrie at Acme Levee Rd near Shaw, LA | stage 9.23 ft · STALE | 31 km |
| Old River Outflow Channel below Hydropower Channel | stage 14.1 ft | 32 km |
| Bayou Cocodrie near Clearwater, LA | flow 61.7 ft³/s | 39 km |
| Flagon Bayou NE of Libuse, LA | stage 6.66 ft | 44 km |
| Red River at Alexandria, LA | stage 19.9 ft | 50 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 #
11 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 11, 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-311336092095901 | depth 63.4 ft · 2016-01-04 | 23 km |
| USGS-312339092094501 | depth 74.6 ft · 2016-01-04 | 38 km |
| USGS-305049092164102 | depth 26.5 ft · 2016-12-11 | 39 km |
| USGS-311125092252901 | depth 5.64 ft · 2016-01-04 | 44 km |
| USGS-311727092270901 | depth 138.2 ft · 2015-09-30 | 50 km |
| USGS-310806092351801 | depth 87.1 ft · 2016-01-04 | 58 km |
| USGS-311353092364201 | depth 45.6 ft · 2013-07-10 | 62 km |
| USGS-304120092263001 | depth 100.2 ft · 2016-12-07 | 62 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 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$813.4 m in deposits at 19 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,210, highly concentrated. $257.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $240.8 m, grants $10.7 m), $26,663 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cottonport Bank | $269.9 m · 33.2% share · 8 offices | |
| Simmesport State Bank | $173.0 m · 21.3% share · 2 offices | |
| First Guaranty Bank | $165.7 m · 20.4% share · 4 offices | |
| Avoyelles, LA | $257.0 m FY2026 · $26,663/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $221.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonport Bank | $269,923,000 | 33.2% | 8 |
| Simmesport State Bank | $172,951,000 | 21.3% | 2 |
| First Guaranty Bank | $165,690,000 | 20.4% | 4 |
| Red River Bank | $95,488,000 | 11.7% | 1 |
| Capital One, National Association | $75,462,000 | 9.3% | 3 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $33,840,000 | 4.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,210 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 = 33.2² + 21.3² + 20.4² + … (3 more) = 2,210
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 | $187,678,449 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $32,447,931 |
| Department of Agriculture | $10,814,908 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $6,467,603 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $4,618,394 |
| Department of the Interior | $4,277,038 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $3,753,650 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $2,460,990 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,593,169 |
| Department of Education | $949,289 |
| Department of Transportation | $763,694 |
| Department of Defense | $599,785 |
That is $26,663 per covered job, against 9,638 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $257.0 m / 9,638 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $26,663
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 #
Avoyelles Parish, LA: 9 findings, 2 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchAvoyelles Parish, LA's covered employment is -1.4% 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 = -1.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchAvoyelles Parish, LA's years of wages of 3.2 scores 25 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 57 across Louisiana counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |25 across US counties - 57 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
noteAvoyelles Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 3.6% 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
- +3.6 % = 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
noteAvoyelles Parish, LA's covered employment was 1.4% 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
- -1.4 % = 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
noteAvoyelles Parish, LA's typical home value rose 0.9% from $132,419 in August 2026 to $133,617 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.9% = (133616.9328174102 - 132418.75126301975) / 132418.75126301975 × 100
- 133616.9328174102 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 132418.75126301975 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
Read all 9 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.