99th pct · 13th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
Home value, one year
+2.8%
as of August 2026
48th pct · 1,571st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
Typical rent
$3,239
as of August 2026
98th pct · 23rd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
Jobs
1,663,154
as of 2026 Q1-01
99th pct · 7th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
Average weekly wage
$1,766
as of 2026 Q1-01
96th pct · 103rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
Years of wages per home
12.8
99th pct · 30th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
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.
Typical home $1.2 m (Aug 2026), +2.8% over one year, +37.2% over five
99th pct · 13th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
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.
Item
Value
Distance
Orange County
$1.2 m · +2.8% 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.
Principal and interest of $6,453 a month on $1,178,889 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,653 a month: 84.3% of one job’s pay.
payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $1.2 m × 80% = $943,112, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $6,453/mo principal and interest
wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,766 × 52 / 12 = $7,653) = 84% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
years of wages = $1.2 m / ($1,766 × 52) = 12.8
price-to-rent = $1.2 m / ($3,239 × 12) = 30.3
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.
1.66 m jobs at 160,601 employers (2026 Q1); +0.6% jobs and +4.2% average weekly wage over the year
99th pct · 7th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
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.
Item
Value
Distance
Orange County
1.66 m jobs · $1,766/wk · +0.6% YoY
BLS QCEW, all ownerships, third month of the quarter. A location quotient of 1.00 means this county has the national share of its jobs in that sector; 2.00 means twice it. A withheld row is a BLS disclosure code N: the cell is absent, not zero.
NAICS sector
Jobs
Avg weekly wage
Location quotient
Jobs over the year
Health care and social assistance
243,445
$1,247
0.97
+3.7%
Accommodation and food services
172,467
$715
1.15
+0.0%
Manufacturing
146,025
$2,757
1.09
-3.2%
Retail trade
139,546
$1,015
0.86
-1.5%
Professional and technical services
136,701
$2,574
1.19
+1.7%
Administrative and waste services
131,702
$1,241
1.39
+0.2%
Construction
101,924
$1,961
1.17
-0.1%
Wholesale trade
74,985
$2,247
1.18
-1.1%
Finance and insurance
61,331
$3,780
0.91
+1.0%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
58,544
$911
2.14
+0.7%
Other services
51,972
$993
1.05
+0.4%
Real estate and rental
40,162
$2,273
1.57
+1.3%
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.
$157.8 bn in deposits at 535 offices of 73 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,110, moderately concentrated. $25.1 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $21.6 bn, contracts $2.7 bn), $15,075 per covered job
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.
Item
Value
Distance
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$30.8 bn · 19.5% share · 89 offices
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$29.0 bn · 18.3% share · 73 offices
Bank of America, National Association
$26.0 bn · 16.5% share · 74 offices
Orange, CA
$25.1 bn FY2026 · $15,075/job
FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 2026. These are institution offices, not people: the row is a bank's presence in the county.
Institution
Deposits
Share
Offices
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$30,782,682,000
19.5%
89
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$28,955,259,000
18.3%
73
Bank of America, National Association
$25,985,942,000
16.5%
74
U.S. Bank National Association
$9,635,781,000
6.1%
67
Citibank, National Association
$8,262,000,000
5.2%
27
First American Trust, FSB
$7,270,657,000
4.6%
1
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach
$4,860,010,000
3.1%
15
East West Bank
$2,688,554,000
1.7%
5
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
$2,619,997,000
1.7%
9
Sunwest Bank
$2,593,583,000
1.6%
3
Deposit concentration is 1,110 across 70 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 70 banks with deposits in the county = 19.5² + 18.3² + 16.5² + … (67 more) = 1,110
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.
unavailableretrieved 2026-10-02USAspending did not return a recipient, agency and NAICS breakdown for this county.
That is $15,075 per covered job, against 1,663,154 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $25.1 bn / 1.66 m covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,075
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.
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
The national indicator set, unfiltered by place.
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 · %
71.30
2026-10-01
+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 · %
4.10
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.
FIPS 06059, CA: 14 findings, 4 at a watch level and 10 noted
watchFIPS 06059, CA's years of wages of 12.8 ranks 30th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
watchFIPS 06059, CA's price-to-rent ratio of 30.3 ranks 20th of 1,399 US counties, a watch level here: price-to-rent in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level
watchFIPS 06059, CA's price-to-rent ratio is 30.3, a watch level here: typical home value worth 25 or more years of typical rent (typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; 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.
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test: priceToRent = 30.33093815043239 >= 25
typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchFIPS 06059, CA's years of wages is 12.8, a watch level here: typical home value worth 10 or more years of one average covered wage (typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; 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.
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test: yearsOfWages = 12.83745763032866 >= 10
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteFIPS 06059, CA's average weekly wage was 4.2% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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+4.2 % = 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