Logan County, AR
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 35.22, -93.72.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 23rd pct · 2,351st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 39th of 74 Arkansas counties · median $169,663
- 42nd pct · 1,773rd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 35th pct · 48th of 74 Arkansas counties · median +3.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Arkansas counties: not published this period
- 37th pct · 2,002nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 47th pct · 40th of 75 Arkansas counties · median 5,609
- 8th pct · 2,958th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 24th pct · 56th of 75 Arkansas counties · median $912
- 43rd pct · 1,723rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 61st pct · 29th of 74 Arkansas counties · median 3.6
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 $169,076 (Aug 2026), +2.3% over one year, +20.2% over five
- 23rd pct · 2,351st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 39th of 74 Arkansas counties · median $169,663
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Logan County, AR | $169,076 · +2.3% 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
- Arkansas 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 $925 a month on $169,076 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,536 a month: 26.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $169,076 × 80% = $135,261, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $925/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $816 × 52 / 12 = $3,536) = 26% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $169,076 / ($816 × 52) = 4.0
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 #
5,139 jobs at 479 employers (2026 Q1); +1.8% jobs and +0.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 37th pct · 2,002nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 47th pct · 40th of 75 Arkansas counties · median 5,609
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Logan County, AR | 5,139 jobs · $816/wk · +1.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,050 | $993 | 2.54 | -3.7% |
| Retail trade | 837 | $571 | 1.67 | +2.8% |
| Health care and social assistance | 629 | $891 | 0.81 | +1.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 289 | $312 | 0.63 | -8.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 138 | $1,554 | 0.66 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 134 | $846 | 0.87 | +2.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 113 | $1,303 | 0.52 | +11.9% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 67 | $899 | 3.66 | -5.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 53 | $888 | 0.18 | +6.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 35 | $687 | 0.44 | +16.7% |
| Wholesale trade | 28 | $986 | 0.14 | -3.4% |
| Utilities | 13 | $528 | 0.64 | +44.4% |
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 #
D3 extreme drought
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 #
38 gauges · 0 flooding · 1 with quality panels averaging 90 % · 12 stale
Sites found: 38, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Petit Jean River at Blue Mountain Dam | no readings | 14 km |
| USGS-07259500 | flow 35.0 ft³/s · STALE | 15 km |
| USGS-07258500 | flow 2.49 ft³/s | 22 km |
| USGS-07260000 | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 28 km |
| USGS-07259950 | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 29 km |
| Arkansas River at Ozark L/D Tailwater | no flooding | 29 km |
| USGS-07260500 | flow 2.40 ft³/s · no flooding | 35 km |
| USGS-07256500 | stage 2.09 ft | 36 km |
| USGS-07261500 | flow 6.84 ft³/s · no flooding | 39 km |
| USGS-07257200 | stage 2.05 ft | 43 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 #
3 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-343726093481801 | depth 49.3 ft · 2026-10-04 | 67 km |
| USGS-352419094270401 | depth 9.14 ft · 1989-09-30 | 69 km |
| USGS-351002094314401 | depth 3.56 ft · 1987-11-11 | 74 km |
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 #
high (0.51)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 + 0.2×0.10 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$486.3 m in deposits at 11 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,907, highly concentrated. $162.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $153.9 m, grants $6.3 m), $31,698 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Western Bank | $190.1 m · 39.1% share · 4 offices | |
| Union Bank | $145.3 m · 29.9% share · 3 offices | |
| Logan County Bank | $101.0 m · 20.8% share · 2 offices | |
| Logan, AR | $162.9 m FY2026 · $31,698/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $151.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Western Bank | $190,083,000 | 39.1% | 4 |
| Union Bank | $145,313,000 | 29.9% | 3 |
| Logan County Bank | $101,015,000 | 20.8% | 2 |
| Bank OZK | $29,187,000 | 6.0% | 1 |
| Farmers Bank & Trust Company | $20,667,000 | 4.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,907 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 39.1² + 29.9² + 20.8² + … (2 more) = 2,907
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 | $129,105,665 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $21,461,783 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,186,747 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,078,904 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,238,799 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $654,291 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $163,723 |
| Department of Education | $102,407 |
| Department of Defense | $80,182 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $62,187 |
| Department of Justice | -$41,732 |
| Department of the Interior | -$199,012 |
That is $31,698 per covered job, against 5,139 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $162.9 m / 5,139 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $31,698
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 #
Logan County, AR: 5 findings, 5 noted
noteLogan County, AR's covered employment was 1.8% 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
- +1.8 % = 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
noteLogan County, AR's average weekly wage was 0.9% 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
- +0.9 % = 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
noteLogan County, AR's typical home value rose 0.7% from $167,932 in July 2026 to $169,076 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.7% = (169076.46136922904 - 167932.4801767063) / 167932.4801767063 × 100
- 169076.46136922904 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 167932.4801767063 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteLogan County, AR's average weekly wage of $816 ranks 2,958th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of $1,039.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 8 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 Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Logan County, AR is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
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