Natchez, Louisiana.
. Natchitoches, LA metro.
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.
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
Living in Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Natchez is a village of 489 people in Natchitoches Parish. Unemployment in Natchitoches Parish was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Natchitoches Parish work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Natchez is a very small village in Natchitoches Parish, in the part of Louisiana where the Cane River runs through. With so few residents, it is a place where people are likely to know one another. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and household incomes across the parish run below the national picture.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment also employing many. Across Natchitoches Parish, the largest workplaces include Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish Schools and Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Unemployment across the parish has eased over the past year, though there are slightly fewer jobs there than before.
Things to do. Cane River Creole National Historical Park is a protected area in or beside town, and Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site is a short drive away. Cane River Lake is also a short drive off, and the Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery, an aquarium, is close by as well. Winters are mild and rarely snowy, summers are hot, and rain falls plentifully through the year.
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- 1%of adults have a degree
What people in Natchitoches Parish work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Natchitoches Parish had 14,060 jobs in 2025, 1.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 39°; warmest in August, with highs near 96° and lows near 75°. About 56 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Natchitoches weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Natchitoches Parish
- Northwestern State University of LouisianaUniversity or college889
- Martco, L.L.C. (Chopin)Panels, softwood plywood, manufacturing700
- Natchitoches Parish SchoolsSchool district678FTE
- Pilgrims- PlantPoultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing660
- Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital448FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters308
- WeyerhaeuserEngineered wood products228
- International Paper Company Campti MillKraft liner board manufacturing207
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,869 people in all across the county; Natchez has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Natchez’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Natchitoches Parish and the Natchitoches, LA metro.
Natchez 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.
- Natchez7
Zip codes with a Natchez address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Natchez — 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.