Counties / Louisiana / Tensas Parish

Tensas Parish, LA

FIPS 22107 · population 3,935 · outside every metro area

$133k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$133k
▼ 25.5% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
ACS median gross rent
$601
occupied-unit survey; not current asking rent
Census ACS · surveyed
Gross yield
n/a
gross yield cannot be computed without measured market rent
requires both measured price and measured rent
HUD 2-bed standard
$834
the Section 8 payment standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

One annual series is unavailable
FHFA five-year cumulativen/anot annualized · through n/a
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06−25.5%FHFA HPIperiod n/an/a
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$86k
Surveyed gross rent$601
Rent burden 30%+60.3%
Median year built1972
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
43.5%vacant
2,792estimated housing units
Occupied tenure25.8% renter
owner 74.2%renter 25.8%
Structure mix76.9% single-family
Single-family 76.9%20+ units 0.7%Mobile home 18.7%Other 3.7%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs792▼ 2.8% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments132annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$856▲ 0.0% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorTrade, transportation, and utilities24.6% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS−2.8%WEEKLY WAGE+0.0%Trade, transportation, and utilities24.6%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Tensas Parish has a resale-versus-listing tension. At the shared 2026-06 observation, Zillow’s $133,118 median home value was down 25.48% year over year, while Realtor.com’s median MLS listing price was down only 0.12%. A county home-value measure and an asking-price measure do not confirm closed-sale pricing. FHFA annual repeat-transaction HPI is not published. Buyers needing exit-price support should investigate before relying on either direction.

02Housing economics

No median asking market rent is published, so gross yield cannot be calculated. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR of $834 is a payment standard, not asking rent, and cannot fill that gap. The 0.26% effective property-tax rate and $221 median annual tax identify a carrying-cost input, not the tax bill for a particular asset. Missing lease comps, vacancy, collections, insurance and operating expenses prevent a cash-flow conclusion.

03Demand & competition

Realtor.com showed 21 active MLS listings, 84 median days on market, 20.94% with price reductions, and a 14.29% pending-to-active ratio. These measure visible supply, marketing time and seller concessions; they are not closed sales or buyer demand proof. In 2025, QCEW reported 792 annual average covered jobs at county workplaces, down 2.82%. Average weekly wage was unchanged. Trade, transportation, and utilities was the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy.

04Risk & next checks

Tax-return data recorded a net inflow of 13 households, with incoming movers’ average income exceeding outgoing movers’ by a calculated $10,219; this is limited mover evidence, not broad demand. Investor share was 9.09% across only 11 purchase mortgages, too limited to establish competitive depth. Inland flood is the dominant hazard, and modeled annual building-value loss is 0.12%; property-level elevation, flood history and insurance terms remain necessary. Obtain closed-sale comps, lease and expense records, and property-specific hazard quotes before drawing resale or cash-flow conclusions.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Tensas Parish

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Newellton town997St. Joseph town603Waterproof town576
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

3 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Newellton townIncorporated place
    997
  2. 02
    St. Joseph townIncorporated place
    603
  3. 03
    Waterproof townIncorporated place
    576

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardinland flooding

0.122% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax0.26%

$221 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration+13

82 in · 69 out

Arriving vs leaving income+$10,219

$44,683 arriving · $34,464 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors9.1%

1 of 11 mortgages

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings21▼ 2.3% year over year
Median days on market84▼ 13.9% year over year
Listings price-reduced20.9%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▼ 0.1% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

No rent index is published for this county.Zillow’s county rent series does not cover every county, and estimating one from a neighbouring county would be a guess wearing a number’s clothes. Everything above is measured here; no wider market is mapped for it either.
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Closed-sale evidence may not validate the observed county value and listing-price divergence.
  2. Property-specific flood exposure or insurance terms may exceed county-level risk evidence.
  3. Unpublished market rent and operating costs may not support acquisition economics.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Can gross yield be calculated from this record?

No. Market rent is not published, and HUD FMR cannot substitute for market asking rent.

Does the record provide an FHFA price trend?

No. FHFA annual repeat-transaction HPI data are not published in the record.

What hazard requires property-level review?

Inland flood; the record calls for review of elevation, flood history and insurance terms.