Webster Parish, Louisiana

Webster Parish has a population of 35,820 and has shrunk 5.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $114,500, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $41,182.

Home price
$114,500
Income
$41,182
Population
35,820
Unemployment
5.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$114,500county
Median gross rent$795county
Median year homes here were built1973county
Share of homes built before 198062.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile22.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant22.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,419(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$854county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$651county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,130county
Home insurance / yr$5,986(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.3(statewide)
Median household income$41,182county
Family health premium / yr$23,190(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.581(statewide)
Poverty rate23.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.2%county
Unemployment rate5.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force49.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.3%county
Share of workers employed by government16.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.8%county
Economic output per resident$43,593county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.36%county
Top state income tax3.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax10.13%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time27.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service33 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport352281county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station61 micounty
Households without a vehicle10.3%county
Traffic deaths30.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-8.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher13.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.0%county
Public schools in the county14county
Public school enrollment4967county
Students per full-time teacher15.5county
Free lunch eligible72.5%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools3county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution27 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians64county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year29.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year28.7%county
Frequent mental distress21.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity36.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes19.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population35,820county
Land area in square miles593county
People per square mile of land60.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores6county
Share living far from a food store20.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract35.2%county
Population change since 2020-5.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age41.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.7%county
Share of households that are one person32.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.0%county
Second languages1.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls67.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents276county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-3county
Households that moved in763county
Households that moved away834county
Average income of arriving households$51,004county
Average income of departing households$45,934county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year60county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings43.3%county
Violent crime rate520(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature66.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation50.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.52 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F93 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing30 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8acounty
Frost-free days246 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 13county
Average first fall frostNov 14county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$145county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh13.0¢county
Household electricity use1,128 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity49.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas44.8%county
Homes heated by propane3.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.3%county
Households with broadband66.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk65.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk45.3county
Landslide risk41.1county
Hail risk92.0county
Earthquake risk69.6county
Tornado risk78.2county
Tropical cyclone risk70.9county
Extreme heat risk90.7county
Winter weather risk57.7county
Strong wind risk94.9county
Wildfire risk41.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Webster Parish directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Louisiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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