Wrangell City and Borough, AK
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 56.18, -132.03.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 74th pct · 787th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 25th pct · 10th of 13 Alaska counties · median $389,805
- 91st pct · 259th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 91st pct · 2nd of 13 Alaska counties · median +5.4%
- US counties: not published this period
- Alaska counties: not published this period
- 3rd pct · 3,096th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 26th of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
- 82nd pct · 553rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 51st pct · 15th of 30 Alaska counties · median $1,272
- 61st pct · 1,168th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 25th pct · 10th 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 $321,839 (Aug 2026), +8.1% over one year, n/a over five
- 74th pct · 787th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 25th pct · 10th of 13 Alaska counties · median $389,805
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wrangell City and Borough, AK | $321,839 · +8.1% 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 $1,762 a month on $321,839 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,521 a month: 31.9% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $321,839 × 80% = $257,471, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,762/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,274 × 52 / 12 = $5,521) = 32% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $321,839 / ($1,274 × 52) = 4.9
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 #
687 jobs at 95 employers (2026 Q1); -3.9% jobs and +15.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 3rd pct · 3,096th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 26th of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wrangell City and Borough, AK | 687 jobs · $1,274/wk · -3.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 112 | $567 | 1.67 | -1.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 35 | $1,096 | 1.21 | -10.3% |
| Other services | 25 | $901 | 1.22 | +4.2% |
| Manufacturing | 17 | $2,003 | 0.31 | -34.6% |
| Information | 9 | $1,103 | 0.71 | +0.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 8 | $1,077 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 3 | $2,278 | 0.08 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | withheld | |||
| Health care and social assistance | 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 #
9 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 4 stale
Sites found: 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| UPPER EARL WEST C NR WRANGELL AK | flow 11.0 ft³/s · STALE | 13 km |
| HARDING R NR WRANGELL AK | flow 1,350 ft³/s · out of service · STALE | 24 km |
| TYEE LK OUTLET NR WRANGELL AK | stage 1,398 ft · quality 100 % (1) | 32 km |
| SUNRISE LK OUTLET NR WRANGELL AK | flow 3.30 ft³/s · STALE | 39 km |
| STIKINE R NR WRANGELL AK | flow 105,000 ft³/s · quality 100 % (4) · no flooding | 59 km |
| HATCHERY C AT FOREST SVC RD 23 NR COFFMAN COVE AK | flow 299.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) · out of service · STALE | 64 km |
| Thorne River near Thorne Bay | out of service | 65 km |
| Iskut River below Johnson River-British Columbia | no flooding | 66 km |
| UNUK R BL BLUE R NR WRANGELL AK | flow 13,800 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 71 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 #
$104.8 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,982, highly concentrated. $18.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $17.0 m, grants $1.8 m), $27,516 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Bank | $75.6 m · 72.2% share · 1 office | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $29.2 m · 27.8% share · 1 office | |
| Wrangell, AK | $18.9 m FY2026 · $27,516/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $14.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Bank | $75,607,000 | 72.2% | 1 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $29,170,000 | 27.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,982 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 = 72.2² + 27.8² = 5,982
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 | $13,014,059 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,582,387 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,055,756 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,000,000 |
| Department of Agriculture | $390,982 |
| Denali Commission | $300,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $156,054 |
| Department of the Interior | $143,726 |
| Department of Justice | $125,000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $100,000 |
| Department of Education | $25,450 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | $10,000 |
That is $27,516 per covered job, against 687 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $18.9 m / 687 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $27,516
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 #
Wrangell City and Borough, AK: 12 findings, 1 at an alert level, 4 at a watch level and 7 noted
alertWrangell City and Borough, AK's covered employment is -3.9% 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 = -3.9 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchWrangell City and Borough, AK's covered employment is -3.9% 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 = -3.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchWrangell City and Borough, AK's typical home value of $321,839 scores 74 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 25 across Alaska counties, a gap of 49 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 49 = |74 across US counties - 25 across Alaska counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchWrangell City and Borough, AK's years of wages of 4.9 scores 62 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 25 across Alaska counties, a gap of 37 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 37 = |62 across US counties - 25 across Alaska counties|
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchWrangell City and Borough, AK's average weekly wage of $1,274 scores 83 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 52 across Alaska counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |83 across US counties - 52 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.