Evangeline Parish, LA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.72, -92.40.
Assembled 2026-10-20. Read the brief.
- 3rd pct · 2,951st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 7th pct · 59th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
- 20th pct · 2,439th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 25th pct · 48th of 64 Louisiana counties · median +2.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Louisiana counties: not published this period
- 49th pct · 1,627th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 44th pct · 36th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
- 13th pct · 2,778th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 12th pct · 56th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $1,033
- 8th pct · 2,817th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 19th pct · 52nd 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 $103,484 (Sep 2026), -0.1% over one year, -17.1% over five
- 3rd pct · 2,951st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 7th pct · 59th of 64 Louisiana counties · median $170,587
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Evangeline Parish, LA | $103,484 · -0.1% 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 $573 a month on $103,484 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,748 a month: 15.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $103,484 × 80% = $82,787, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $573/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $865 × 52 / 12 = $3,748) = 15% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $103,484 / ($865 × 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 #
8,062 jobs at 653 employers (2026 Q1); -1.2% jobs and +2.7% average weekly wage over the year
- 49th pct · 1,627th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 44th pct · 36th of 64 Louisiana counties · median 10,187
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Evangeline Parish, LA | 8,062 jobs · $865/wk · -1.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 1,011 | $556 | 1.29 | -7.1% |
| Manufacturing | 635 | $1,463 | 0.98 | +3.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 610 | $1,207 | 1.33 | -1.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 299 | $1,245 | 0.88 | -7.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 247 | $1,022 | 0.75 | +2.1% |
| Construction | 228 | $1,186 | 0.54 | +7.5% |
| Wholesale trade | 218 | $869 | 0.71 | -9.9% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 163 | $589 | 2.80 | -14.2% |
| Utilities | 102 | $2,007 | 3.20 | +5.2% |
| Professional and technical services | 86 | $888 | 0.15 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 75 | $1,036 | 0.31 | +15.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 42 | $801 | 0.34 | +7.7% |
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 #
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 #
85 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 1 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 2, 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 Bd Res nr Burkeville, TX | 3,767,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 123 km |
| Toledo Bend Reservoir | 85 % full · 2,236k 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 #
42 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 92 % · 7 stale
Sites found: 42, 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 Cannes near Eunice, LA | flow 0.57 ft³/s | 28 km |
| Calcasieu River near Oakdale, LA | flow 46.7 ft³/s | 29 km |
| Bayou Cocodrie near Clearwater, LA | flow 61.3 ft³/s | 31 km |
| Bayou Nezpique near Basile, LA | flow 8.77 ft³/s | 34 km |
| Bayou Courtableau at Washington, LA | flow 21.1 ft³/s | 35 km |
| Bayou Mallet at Hwy 91 north of Iota, LA | flow 14.3 ft³/s | 37 km |
| BYU PLAQUEMINE BRULE @ CHURCH POINT, LA | flow 4.50 ft³/s · STALE | 39 km |
| Calcasieu River nr Glenmora, LA | flow 22.5 ft³/s | 40 km |
| Calcasieu River near Oberlin, LA | flow 40.5 ft³/s | 40 km |
| Tenmile Creek northwest of Elizabeth, LA | stage 3.56 ft | 45 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-304120092263001 | depth 100.2 ft · 2016-12-07 | 5 km |
| USGS-305049092164102 | depth 26.5 ft · 2016-12-11 | 18 km |
| USGS-310007092431602 | depth 30.9 ft · 2016-01-05 | 44 km |
| USGS-310007092431601 | depth 73.8 ft · 2016-01-05 | 44 km |
| USGS-301832092234501 | depth 85.7 ft · 2016-12-07 | 46 km |
| USGS-310806092351801 | depth 87.1 ft · 2016-01-04 | 49 km |
| USGS-311125092252901 | depth 5.64 ft · 2016-01-04 | 52 km |
| USGS-310928092421401 | depth 58.3 ft · 2015-09-29 | 56 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 (0.28)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.15 + 0.2×0.08 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$783.2 m in deposits at 10 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,223, highly concentrated. $191.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $182.0 m, grants $10.4 m), $23,800 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Evangeline Bank and Trust Company | $395.3 m · 50.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Investar Bank, National Association | $157.4 m · 20.1% share · 3 offices | |
| JD Bank | $93.1 m · 11.9% share · 2 offices | |
| Evangeline, LA | $191.9 m FY2026 · $23,800/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $168.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Evangeline Bank and Trust Company | $395,308,000 | 50.5% | 2 |
| Investar Bank, National Association | $157,394,000 | 20.1% | 3 |
| JD Bank | $93,100,000 | 11.9% | 2 |
| Hancock Whitney Bank | $74,595,000 | 9.5% | 1 |
| Basile State Bank | $46,206,000 | 5.9% | 1 |
| Sabine State Bank and Trust Company | $16,618,000 | 2.1% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,223 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 = 50.5² + 20.1² + 11.9² + … (3 more) = 3,223
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 | $151,196,668 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $16,119,760 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $9,908,629 |
| Department of Agriculture | $5,052,668 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4,465,494 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,719,954 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,365,924 |
| Delta Regional Authority | $500,000 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $481,201 |
| Department of Justice | $35,741 |
| Department of Defense | $30,078 |
That is $23,800 per covered job, against 8,062 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $191.9 m / 8,062 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $23,800
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 #
Evangeline Parish, LA: 10 findings, 2 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchEvangeline Parish, LA's covered employment is -1.2% 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 = -1.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchEvangeline Parish, LA's typical home value is -0.1% 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 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -0.07677803872699211 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
noteEvangeline Parish, LA's average weekly wage was 2.7% 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
- +2.7 % = 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
noteEvangeline Parish, LA's covered employment was 1.2% 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
- -1.2 % = 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
noteEvangeline Parish, LA's typical home value rose 0.4% from $103,034 in August 2026 to $103,484 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.4% = (103483.73226485688 - 103033.77330295702) / 103033.77330295702 × 100
- 103483.73226485688 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 103033.77330295702 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
Read all 10 findings in the full brief
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