Rapides Parish, Louisiana: roof stress score 44.6 of 100

Rapides Parish ranks #655 of 1,113 scored counties (moderate stress) and #3 of 13 in Louisiana. Rapides Parish homes: 75.8% predate 2000, median year 1980. Hail in Rapides Parish (1 inch or more): 2.2 days a year. Permits in Rapides Parish ran 49.3 per 1,000 homes, 2014 to 2025.

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Inputs behind the 44.6

InputRapides ParishMedianStress percentileIn LA
Homes built before 2000 75.8%80.4% 34 81
Severe hail days per year 2.22.0 61 88
New-home permits per 1,000 homes (inverted) 49.335.5 39 58

Average of 34, 61 and 39: 44.6

Rapides Parish on age: 75.8% of homes were built before 2000. Rapides Parish on hail: 18 severe days over 8 full years, 4 at the 2022 peak. Rapides Parish on building: 49.3 permits per 1,000 homes; median 35.5.

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Rapides Parish hail days: NOAA 1 inch+ reports

Rapides Parish homes by decade built

58,321 housing units by decade built 4.5% pre-1940 8.4% 1940s 10.2% 1950s 11.7% 1960s 15.8% 1970s 13.3% 1980s 11.9% 1990s 12.8% 2000s 10.3% 2010s 1.1% 2020+
58,321 housing units by decade built
pre-19404.5%
1940s8.4%
1950s10.2%
1960s11.7%
1970s15.8%
1980s13.3%
1990s11.9%
2000s12.8%
2010s10.3%
2020+1.1%

58,321 housing units. Biggest slice: 1970s, 15.8%. Before 1980: 50.6%. Since 2010: 11.4%.

New-home permits in Rapides Parish

2,873 single-family permits by year 270 14 192 15 284 16 236 17 244 18 254 19 225 20 271 21 262 22 203 23 215 24 217 25
2,873 single-family permits by year
14270
15192
16284
17236
18244
19254
20225
21271
22262
23203
24215
25217

Rapides Parish issued 2,873 single-family permits, equal to 4.9% of its 58,321 housing units. Pace: about 212 a year lately, level with 249 a year at the start. Peak: 284 permits in 2016.

Severe hail days in Rapides Parish, by year

Rapides Parish severe days per year 2 15 4 16 2 17 1 18 1 20 4 22 3 23 1 24
Rapides Parish severe days per year
152
164
172
181
201
224
233
241

* partial year. Rapides Parish: severe days in 8 of 8 full years (worst: 2022, 4 days).

Map of 29 hail reports in Rapides Parish

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Dots mark reports, not storm paths.

Rapides Parish among Louisiana counties

CountyScorePre-2000Hail daysPermitsGap
Caddo Parish64.783.0%2.827.8+20.1
Rapides Parish44.675.8%2.249.3-0.0

2 published. Rapides Parish on the Louisiana map

Counties scoring near 44.6

CountyRankScoreGap
Madison County, IN#64645.1+0.5
Boulder County, CO#64944.8+0.2
Lancaster County, NE#65044.7+0.1
Cleveland County, OK#67743.8-0.8
Ector County, TX#68543.3-1.3
Will County, IL#68943.2-1.4

Why Rapides Parish lands at 44.6

Rapides Parish: hail pulls hardest, at the 61th percentile. Age stands at 34, hail at 61, renewal at 39. Your house may differ: the score of Rapides Parish is not a verdict on one roof.

Rapides Parish next steps

  1. Check an address in Rapides Parish: hail check.
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  3. Claim clock after a Rapides Parish storm: deadlines and date calculator.
  4. Rapides Parish roofers we list: Alexandria.

Rapides Parish data: NOAA (18 severe days), Census ACS (58,321 homes), Census BPS (2,873 permits). Method, limits and common questions