County profile
Natchitoches Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1257 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,991
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
835
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,089
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.6%
Median HH income
$46.3k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
25.8%±1.8%
Poverty rate
25.4%±2.2%
Business applications
473 · 2025
Retail establishments
123
34.0/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade17%
Finance & insurance7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,089
residents · 2025 · -3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,222
International migration+112
Natural change−199
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.3k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$786/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±1.5%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$7.2M
26 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 88Heat wave 86Ice storm 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2552016
2582017
2652018
2662019
2792020
2942021
3172022
3532023
3522024
3442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -55% since 2021582021
632022
1162023
402024
262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.4 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
UP
Nearest port
11.5 km
NATCHITOCHES PARISH PORT COMMISSION GENERAL CARGO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.0 km
ALEXANDRIA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Natchitoches?
Natchitoches's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 1.2% year over year — slower than 75% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.