Petersburg Borough, AK
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 57.11, -133.01.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 84th pct · 468th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 50th pct · 7th of 13 Alaska counties · median $389,805
- 99th pct · 10th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 100th pct · 1st of 13 Alaska counties · median +5.4%
- US counties: not published this period
- Alaska counties: not published this period
- 7th pct · 2,982nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 31st pct · 21st of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
- 59th pct · 1,301st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 17th pct · 25th of 30 Alaska counties · median $1,272
- 87th pct · 382nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 91st pct · 2nd of 13 Alaska counties · median 5.6
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 #
Typical home $389,805 (Aug 2026), +16.4% over one year, +7.6% over five
- 84th pct · 468th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 50th pct · 7th of 13 Alaska counties · median $389,805
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Petersburg Borough, AK | $389,805 · +16.4% 1-yr |
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 #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Alaska 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 #
Principal and interest of $2,134 a month on $389,805 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,702 a month: 45.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $389,805 × 80% = $311,844, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,134/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,085 × 52 / 12 = $4,702) = 45% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $389,805 / ($1,085 × 52) = 6.9
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
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 #
1,073 jobs at 174 employers (2026 Q1); -8.3% jobs and +14.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 7th pct · 2,982nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 31st pct · 21st of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Petersburg Borough, AK | 1,073 jobs · $1,085/wk · -8.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 130 | $677 | 1.24 | -3.7% |
| Manufacturing | 84 | $1,299 | 0.97 | -49.4% |
| Accommodation and food services | 67 | $555 | 0.70 | -16.2% |
| Other services | 42 | $559 | 1.31 | +10.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 20 | $1,325 | 0.46 | +17.6% |
| Professional and technical services | 16 | $1,537 | 0.22 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 11 | $539 | 0.18 | -8.3% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 6 | $528 | 0.34 | +20.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | 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.
Drought #
D0 abnormally dry
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
6 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 4 stale
Sites found: 6, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| TWELVEMILE C NR PETERSBURG AK | flow 80.5 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 16 km |
| EF HOBO C NR PETERSBURG AK | flow 1.20 ft³/s · STALE | 36 km |
| FALLS C NR PETERSBURG AK | flow 87.0 ft³/s · STALE | 48 km |
| HAMILTON C NR KAKE AK | flow 217.0 ft³/s · STALE | 48 km |
| GUNNUK C NR KAKE AK | flow 57.0 ft³/s · STALE | 58 km |
| STIKINE R NR WRANGELL AK | flow 105,000 ft³/s · quality 100 % (4) | 70 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$150.5 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,363, highly concentrated. $45.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $27.0 m, contracts $15.8 m), $42,329 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Bank | $95.5 m · 63.5% share · 1 office | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $55.0 m · 36.5% share · 1 office | |
| Petersburg, AK | $45.4 m FY2026 · $42,329/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $22.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Bank | $95,499,000 | 63.5% | 1 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $54,981,000 | 36.5% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,363 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 = 63.5² + 36.5² = 5,363
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 |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $20,280,896 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $14,283,143 |
| Department of Transportation | $4,286,645 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,902,045 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,605,246 |
| Department of the Interior | $759,439 |
| Department of Education | $718,037 |
| Department of Justice | $546,353 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $462,960 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $292,684 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | $169,512 |
| Department of Commerce | $111,900 |
That is $42,329 per covered job, against 1,073 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $45.4 m / 1,073 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $42,329
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 | 12.28 | 2026-10-04 | -0.1% |
| 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 · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-05 | +0.1% |
| 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 · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| 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 #
Petersburg Borough, AK: 13 findings, 1 at an alert level, 4 at a watch level and 8 noted
alertPetersburg Borough, AK's covered employment is -8.3% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, 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 = -8.3 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchPetersburg Borough, AK's covered employment is -8.3% 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 = -8.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchPetersburg Borough, AK's typical home value is +16.4% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value at least 15 percent above a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = 16.434059993557078 >= 15
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchPetersburg Borough, AK's average weekly wage of $1,085 scores 59 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 17 across Alaska counties, a gap of 42 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 42 = |59 across US counties - 17 across Alaska counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchPetersburg Borough, AK's typical home value of $389,805 scores 85 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 50 across Alaska counties, a gap of 35 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 35 = |85 across US counties - 50 across Alaska counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.