Jerome County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 42.69, -114.26.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 87th pct · 395th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 57th pct · 19th of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 55th pct · 1,376th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 64th pct · 16th of 43 Idaho counties · median +2.9%
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 73rd pct · 373rd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 70th pct · 7th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,659
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 59th pct · 1,303rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 69th pct · 14th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 51st pct · 1,548th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 62nd pct · 17th of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 91st pct · 266th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 47th pct · 23rd of 43 Idaho counties · median 7.6
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $410,913 (Aug 2026), +3.4% over one year, +21.7% over five
- 87th pct · 395th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 57th pct · 19th of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jerome County, ID | $410,913 · +3.4% 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 #
Typical rent $1,794/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 19.1
- 73rd pct · 373rd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 70th pct · 7th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,659
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jerome County, ID | $1,794/mo · n/a 1-yr |
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 $2,249 a month on $410,913 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,537 a month: 49.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $410,913 × 80% = $328,730, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,249/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,047 × 52 / 12 = $4,537) = 50% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $410,913 / ($1,047 × 52) = 7.5
- price-to-rent = $410,913 / ($1,794 × 12) = 19.1
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 #
12,239 jobs at 944 employers (2026 Q1); +0.3% jobs and +4.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 59th pct · 1,303rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 69th pct · 14th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jerome County, ID | 12,239 jobs · $1,047/wk · +0.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,656 | $1,255 | 2.70 | +0.0% |
| Retail trade | 977 | $733 | 0.82 | -0.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 891 | $1,088 | 1.73 | +5.7% |
| Construction | 830 | $1,255 | 1.29 | +22.6% |
| Health care and social assistance | 588 | $1,063 | 0.32 | -4.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 444 | $461 | 0.40 | +4.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 420 | $966 | 0.60 | +9.1% |
| Other services | 309 | $755 | 0.84 | +36.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 113 | $1,293 | 0.23 | +8.7% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 103 | $586 | 0.51 | -10.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 102 | $1,277 | 0.12 | +9.7% |
| Educational services | 68 | $1,172 | 0.26 | -6.8% |
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 #
56 gauges · 0 flooding · 12 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 39 stale
Sites found: 56, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DEVILS WASHBOWL SPRING NR KIMBERLY 10S 18E 04AAD1S | flow 10.4 ft³/s | 13 km |
| SNAKE RIVER NR KIMBERLY ID | flow 876.0 ft³/s · STALE | 14 km |
| FISH HATCHERY WASTE NR TWIN FALLS ID | flow 8.40 ft³/s · STALE | 18 km |
| BLUE LAKES SPRING PUMPING PLANT NR TWIN FALLS ID | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 19 km |
| BLUE LAKES SPRING BEL PUMP PLANT NR TWIN FALLS ID | flow 149.0 ft³/s · STALE | 19 km |
| BLUE LAKES SPRING NR TWIN FALLS ID 09S 17E 28DBA1S | flow 159.0 ft³/s · STALE | 19 km |
| SNAKE RIVER NR TWIN FALLS ID | flow 517.0 ft³/s | 20 km |
| JEROME GOLF COURSE DRAIN NR JEROME ID | flow 0.59 ft³/s · STALE | 22 km |
| ROCK CREEK AB HWY 30/93 XING AT TWIN FALLS ID | flow 108.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 24 km |
| ROCK CREEK BELOW POLELINE ROAD NR TWIN FALLS ID | flow 361.0 ft³/s · STALE | 24 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 #
5 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 5, 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-423140114284501 | depth 89.0 ft · 1999-01-10 | 25 km |
| USGS-423748114353901 | depth 170.1 ft · 1999-10-21 | 28 km |
| USGS-422437114123801 | depth 81.7 ft · 1999-10-15 | 32 km |
| USGS-425746114240101 | depth 186.1 ft · 1985-09-19 | 32 km |
| USGS-424353114494701 | depth 41.3 ft · 1996-07-09 | 47 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 #
moderate (0.48)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$452.2 m in deposits at 6 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,898, highly concentrated. $110.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $102.9 m, grants $4.1 m), $9,046 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| D. L. Evans Bank | $124.2 m · 27.5% share · 1 office | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $86.1 m · 19.0% share · 1 office | |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $85.4 m · 18.9% share · 1 office | |
| Jerome, ID | $110.7 m FY2026 · $9,046/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $99.3 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. L. Evans Bank | $124,249,000 | 27.5% | 1 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $86,079,000 | 19.0% | 1 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $85,353,000 | 18.9% | 1 |
| Farmers Bank | $63,039,000 | 13.9% | 1 |
| First Federal Savings Bank of Twin Falls | $59,826,000 | 13.2% | 1 |
| WaFd Bank | $33,681,000 | 7.4% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,898 across 6 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 6 banks with deposits in the county = 27.5² + 19.0² + 18.9² + … (3 more) = 1,898
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 | $88,783,035 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $10,081,130 |
| Department of Agriculture | $5,585,530 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,934,101 |
| Department of the Interior | $1,458,635 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $878,222 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $430,257 |
| Department of Justice | $250,000 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $118,423 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $116,004 |
| Department of Education | $50,127 |
| General Services Administration | $32,510 |
That is $9,046 per covered job, against 12,239 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $110.7 m / 12,239 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $9,046
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 | 2026-10-06 | +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 #
Jerome County, ID: 10 findings, 3 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchJerome County, ID's years of wages of 7.5 ranks 266th 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.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages percentile = 91.34552580013063 >= 90
- 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
watchJerome County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 19.1 scores 67 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 10 across Idaho counties, a gap of 57 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 57 = |67 across US counties - 10 across Idaho counties|
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchJerome County, ID's years of wages of 7.5 scores 91 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 48 across Idaho counties, a gap of 44 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 44 = |91 across US counties - 48 across Idaho 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
noteJerome County, ID's average weekly wage was 4.9% 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
- +4.9 % = 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
noteJerome County, ID's typical asking rent rose 0.7% from $1,781 in July 2026 to $1,794 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.7% = (1794.1666666666667 - 1781.0245775472995) / 1781.0245775472995 × 100
- 1794.1666666666667 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1781.0245775472995 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
Read all 10 findings in the full brief
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