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Harrisonburg, Louisiana.

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What it costs per month · Harrisonburg $1,123/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$411 (+58%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Louisiana $1,123 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Louisiana$1,123
  • United States$1,922

Living in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Harrisonburg is a village of 277 people in Catahoula Parish. Unemployment in Catahoula Parish was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Catahoula Parish work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 277 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Harrisonburg for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.3% Catahoula Parish, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Harrisonburg for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Harrisonburg is a village and the parish seat of Catahoula Parish, home to a very small number of people who tend to know one another. Across the parish, incomes sit below the Louisiana norm for many households, and the jobs picture has been holding steady, with unemployment lower than it was a year ago. Winters are mild and short, with little or no snow, while summers are hot and the year brings a good deal of rain.

Work. Residents of the area work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by farming, forestry and mining, shops and government. Across Catahoula Parish, the largest workplaces include Catahoula Parish Schools and Concordia Electric Cooperative. The number of jobs in the parish grew slightly last year.

Things to do. Fort Beauregard, a fort site, is in or beside town. A short drive away are Sandy Lake and the Boeuf River, good spots for anyone who likes time by the water. The Troyville Earthworks, an archaeological site, is also a short drive away, and the Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, makes a longer outing.

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What people in Catahoula Parish work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Farming, forestry and mining17%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Government10%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Manufacturing6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Catahoula Parish had 2,288 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 57° and 36°; warmest in August, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 57° 36° F M A M J J A 92° 71° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 57° and 36°; warmest in August, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 57° 36° F M A M J J A 92° 71° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 60 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jena weather station, 19 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Catahoula Parish

  1. Catahoula Parish SchoolsSchool district145FTE
  2. Concordia Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power64

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 64 people in all across the county; Harrisonburg has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windVery high
  2. DroughtRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively high
  5. HailRelatively high
  6. Cold wavesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Harrisonburg’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Catahoula Parish.

Harrisonburg home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Harrisonburg address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Harrisonburg — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.