County profile
West Carroll Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#2825 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$236.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,474
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
167
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,156
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.4%
Median HH income
$49.1k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±3.0%
Poverty rate
16.2%±4.2%
Business applications
90 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
31.3/10k 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 care37%
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation10%
Other services10%
Manufacturing9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,156
residents · 2025 · -5.5% since 2020
Income per capita $48.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−223
International migration+7
Natural change−329
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$195.7M2019
$210.4M2020
$223.9M2021
$218.3M2022
$240.6M2023
$236.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.4k±$13.8k
Median gross rent
$740/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
18.3%±3.4%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.5M
5 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Ice storm 66Hurricane 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1942015
1882016
1822017
1972018
2012019
1902020
2062021
2242022
2612023
2502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -38% since 202182021
92022
02023
02024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.5 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
22.3 km
NLA
Nearest port
21.8 km
Lake Providence Port, LA
Nearest commercial airport
62.2 km
MONROE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.2k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of West Carroll?
West Carroll's economy produced $236.8M in 2024, contracting 1.6% year over year — slower than 84% 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.