FIPS 02180, AK
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 64.91, -164.03.
Assembled 2026-10-02. Read the brief.
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- 30th pct · 2,240th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 93rd pct · 209th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- US counties: not published this period
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
3,838 jobs at 292 employers (2026 Q1); -0.5% jobs and +5.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 30th pct · 2,240th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nome Census Area | 3,838 jobs · $1,530/wk · -0.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other services | 359 | $1,392 | 3.13 | -5.0% |
| Retail trade | 334 | $887 | 0.89 | -2.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 208 | $1,941 | 1.29 | -6.3% |
| Management of companies | 103 | $1,058 | 1.60 | +12.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 83 | $760 | 0.24 | -4.6% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 61 | $3,816 | 4.46 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 53 | $1,035 | 0.90 | -11.7% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 45 | $267 | 0.71 | -18.2% |
| Information | 29 | $1,005 | 0.41 | -6.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 12 | $2,114 | 0.08 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Water #
Banks & federal dollars #
$112.7 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,259, highly concentrated. $303.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $204.8 m, grants $85.7 m), $79,107 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $69.2 m · 61.4% share · 1 office | |
| Northrim Bank | $43.5 m · 38.6% share · 1 office | |
| Nome, AK | $303.6 m FY2026 · $79,107/job | |
| GCI COMMUNICATION CORP. | $150.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $69,167,000 | 61.4% | 1 |
| Northrim Bank | $43,502,000 | 38.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,259 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 61.4² + 38.6² = 5,259
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Federal Communications Commission | $154,560,233 |
| Department of Transportation | $32,299,089 |
| Department of the Interior | $25,355,614 |
| Social Security Administration | $21,037,087 |
| Department of Education | $20,517,999 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $11,937,077 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $11,108,831 |
| Denali Commission | $11,108,454 |
| Department of Commerce | $5,989,123 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $2,806,491 |
| Department of Defense | $2,569,528 |
| Department of Justice | $2,443,882 |
That is $79,107 per covered job, against 3,838 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $303.6 m / 3,838 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $79,107
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 16.50 | 2026-09-30 | -11.7% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 67.28 | 2026-10-01 | not published |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.10 | 2026-08-01 | +0.0% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -88,576.00 | 2026-07-01 | -24.4% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
FIPS 02180, AK: 5 findings, 1 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchFIPS 02180, AK's covered employment is -0.5% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteFIPS 02180, AK's average weekly wage was 5.4% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +5.4 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteFIPS 02180, AK's covered employment was 0.5% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -0.5 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteFIPS 02180, AK's average weekly wage of $1,530 ranks 209th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of $1,039.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 94 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering FIPS 02180, AK is due between 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.