Butte County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.69, -113.18.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 55th pct · 1,448th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 67th pct · 15th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
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- 99th pct · 21st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 100th pct · 1st of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
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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
- Idaho counties: not published this period
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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
- Idaho counties: not published this period
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 #
9,909 jobs at 131 employers (2026 Q1); -3.1% jobs and +4.6% average weekly wage over the year
- 55th pct · 1,448th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 67th pct · 15th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Butte County, ID | 9,909 jobs · $2,380/wk · -3.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 377 | $1,844 | 0.73 | +75.3% |
| Retail trade | 109 | $406 | 0.11 | -1.8% |
| Manufacturing | 56 | $1,134 | 0.07 | +1.8% |
| Accommodation and food services | 44 | $242 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 41 | $623 | 0.14 | +5.1% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 30 | $800 | 0.42 | -16.7% |
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld | |||
| Management of companies | 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 #
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 #
23 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 3 stale
Sites found: 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BIG LOST RIVER AT ARCO AT SUNSET ROAD ID | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 13 km |
| BIG LOST RIVER NR ARCO ID | flow 0.00 ft³/s · no flooding | 14 km |
| Big Lost River below Moore Div Nr Moore | no readings | 18 km |
| BIG LOST RIVER BELOW MOORE DIV NR MOORE ID | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 18 km |
| Big Lost River below INL Diversion | observation not current | 20 km |
| Big Lost River above INL Diversion at Head near Arco | observation not current | 20 km |
| LITTLE LOST RIVER NR HOWE, ID | flow 37.1 ft³/s · no flooding | 22 km |
| Big Lost River at Lincoln Bridge INL Complex | no flooding | 23 km |
| INL DIV AT OUTLET OF SPREADING AREA A NEAR ARCO ID | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 23 km |
| LITTLE LOST RIVER AB FLOOD DIVERSION NR HOWE ID | flow 31.2 ft³/s | 23 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 #
15 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 15, 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-433819113191601 | depth 4,231 ft · 1987-10-08 | 13 km |
| USGS-434426112575701 | depth 284.5 ft · 2026-08-10 | 18 km |
| USGS-434713113230601 | depth 5,630 ft · 1987-10-03 | 20 km |
| USGS-434126112550701 | depth 349.8 ft · 2026-08-11 | 21 km |
| USGS-433413112573501 | depth 184.1 ft · 2003-12-03 | 22 km |
| USGS-434615112553501 | depth 259.1 ft · 2026-08-10 | 22 km |
| USGS-433349112560701 | depth 106.5 ft · 2002-08-22 | 24 km |
| USGS-432919113031501 | depth 623.4 ft · 2026-08-11 | 24 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 (0.75)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
FDIC publishes no Summary of Deposits rows for this county. $20.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $19.1 m, grants $761,278), $2,057 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| county 16023, ID | $20.4 m FY2026 · $2,057/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $17.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
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 | $16,250,854 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,573,670 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,224,815 |
| Department of Transportation | $715,525 |
| Department of the Interior | $501,563 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $47,999 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $40,668 |
| Department of Education | $29,313 |
That is $2,057 per covered job, against 9,909 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $20.4 m / 9,909 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $2,057
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 | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| 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 | 2026-10-06 | +0.0% |
| 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 #
Butte County, ID: 9 findings, 1 at an alert level, 1 at a watch level and 7 noted
alertButte County, ID's covered employment is -3.1% 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 = -3.1 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchButte County, ID's covered employment is -3.1% 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 = -3.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteButte County, ID's average weekly wage was 4.6% 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
- +4.6 % = 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
noteButte County, ID's covered employment was 3.1% 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
- -3.1 % = 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
noteButte County, ID's average weekly wage of $2,380 ranks 1st of 44 Idaho counties, against a median of $1,026.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 44 Idaho counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 9 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.