County profile
Webster Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1480 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,969
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
772
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,948
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$41.2k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
13.3%±1.7%
Poverty rate
23.1%±2.2%
Business applications
446 · 2025
Retail establishments
153
43.5/10k 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 care28%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing20%
Construction12%
Food & accommodation10%
Mining & energy6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,948
residents · 2025 · -5.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−954
International migration+108
Natural change−1,044
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.5k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$795/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
22.0%±2.1%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$14.2M
60 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$854/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 99Strong wind 95Hail 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2032016
2152017
2102018
2242019
2202020
2362021
2532022
2732023
2742024
2882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 54% since 2021392021
362022
342023
352024
602025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.4 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
3.7 km
LAS
Nearest port
47.9 km
RED RIVER TERMINALS CADDO/BOSSIER PORT COMMISSION
Nearest commercial airport
54.8 km
SHREVEPORT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Webster?
Webster's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of 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.