Minidoka County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 42.86, -113.64.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 75th pct · 760th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 14th pct · 37th of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
- 30th pct · 2,123rd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 7th pct · 40th of 43 Idaho counties · median +2.9%
- 36th pct · 892nd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 25th pct · 16th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,659
- 52nd pct · 1,521st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 65th pct · 16th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- 35th pct · 2,085th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 32nd pct · 30th of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
- 83rd pct · 510th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 19th pct · 35th of 43 Idaho counties · median 7.6
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 $325,945 (Aug 2026), +1.2% over one year, +25.8% over five
- 75th pct · 760th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 14th pct · 37th of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Minidoka County, ID | $325,945 · +1.2% 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 $1,350/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 20.1
- 36th pct · 892nd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 25th pct · 16th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,659
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Minidoka County, ID | $1,350/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 $1,784 a month on $325,945 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,212 a month: 42.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $325,945 × 80% = $260,756, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,784/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $972 × 52 / 12 = $4,212) = 42% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $325,945 / ($972 × 52) = 6.4
- price-to-rent = $325,945 / ($1,350 × 12) = 20.1
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 #
9,183 jobs at 779 employers (2026 Q1); +1.8% jobs and +3.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 52nd pct · 1,521st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 65th pct · 16th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Minidoka County, ID | 9,183 jobs · $972/wk · +1.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,494 | $1,134 | 2.02 | +2.3% |
| Retail trade | 1,083 | $695 | 1.21 | +0.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 647 | $1,378 | 1.84 | -5.7% |
| Construction | 643 | $1,162 | 1.34 | +2.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 524 | $383 | 0.64 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 387 | $1,068 | 1.00 | +6.9% |
| Other services | 206 | $776 | 0.75 | -8.8% |
| Information | 187 | $1,220 | 1.10 | +6.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 177 | $1,288 | 0.28 | +18.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 106 | $1,242 | 0.28 | -0.9% |
| Utilities | 47 | $2,979 | 1.30 | +4.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 38 | $914 | 0.27 | +0.0% |
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 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 #
high (0.75)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$331.6 m in deposits at 4 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,600, highly concentrated. $122.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $107.9 m, contracts $8.6 m), $13,379 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| D. L. Evans Bank | $202.2 m · 61.0% share · 2 offices | |
| First Federal Savings Bank of Twin Falls | $90.4 m · 27.3% share · 1 office | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $39.0 m · 11.8% share · 1 office | |
| Minidoka, ID | $122.9 m FY2026 · $13,379/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $100.3 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. L. Evans Bank | $202,173,000 | 61.0% | 2 |
| First Federal Savings Bank of Twin Falls | $90,424,000 | 27.3% | 1 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $38,964,000 | 11.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 4,600 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 61.0² + 27.3² + 11.8² = 4,600
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 | $92,166,342 |
| Department of Agriculture | $14,685,991 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $7,432,454 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,348,461 |
| Department of the Interior | $1,058,674 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $533,308 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $382,864 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $129,893 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $119,355 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $13,379 per covered job, against 9,183 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $122.9 m / 9,183 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $13,379
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 | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| 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 #
Minidoka County, ID: 8 findings, 3 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchMinidoka County, ID's years of wages of 6.4 scores 83 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 19 across Idaho counties, a gap of 64 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 64 = |83 across US counties - 19 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
watchMinidoka County, ID's typical home value of $325,945 scores 75 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 14 across Idaho counties, a gap of 61 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 61 = |75 across US counties - 14 across Idaho counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchMinidoka County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 20.1 scores 74 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 20 across Idaho counties, a gap of 54 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 54 = |74 across US counties - 20 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
noteMinidoka County, ID's average weekly wage was 3.8% 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
- +3.8 % = 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
noteMinidoka County, ID'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
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
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