County profile
Morehouse Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#2070 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$754.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,329
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
439
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,705
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.3%
Median HH income
$39.5k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
13.8%±2.3%
Poverty rate
29.3%±4.1%
Business applications
387 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
31.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care45%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing11%
Food & accommodation9%
Finance & insurance8%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,705
residents · 2025 · -6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,149
International migration+65
Natural change−672
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$610.4M2019
$624.8M2020
$674.0M2021
$657.3M2022
$721.1M2023
$754.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$118.8k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$839/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
17.9%±2.4%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
16 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 84Heat wave 80Hail 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1802016
1672017
1772018
1822019
1782020
1962021
1942022
2182023
1982024
1932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 300% since 202142021
312022
132023
142024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.5 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
UP
Nearest port
30.2 km
ADVANCION COPERATION STERLING LA
Nearest commercial airport
40.8 km
MONROE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Morehouse?
Morehouse's economy produced $754.8M in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.