Valley County, ID: 14 findings, 5 at a watch level and 9 noted

14 findings fired for Valley County, ID this run, against a typical home value of $674,421 in August 2026 and covered employment of 5,531 in 2026 Q1. 2 further findings are not listed here.

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12 findings #

currentretrieved 2026-10-06

  1. watchValley County, ID's years of wages of 12.0 ranks 40th 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.
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    • test: yearsOfWages percentile = 98.72632266492488 >= 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

  2. watchValley County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 26.9 ranks 43rd 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.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • test: priceToRent percentile = 96.99570815450643 >= 90
    • 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

  3. watchValley County, ID's years of wages is 12.0, 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 = 12.008916710265272 >= 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

  4. watchValley County, ID's price-to-rent ratio is 26.9, 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 = 26.922984528882143 >= 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

  5. watchValley County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 26.9 scores 97 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 55 across Idaho counties, a gap of 42 points.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 42 = |97 across US counties - 55 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

  6. noteValley County, ID's average weekly wage was 6.3% 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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    • +6.3 % = 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

  7. noteValley County, ID's typical home value rose 0.3% from $672,710 in July 2026 to $674,421 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • +0.3% = (674420.7624484977 - 672710.0966427546) / 672710.0966427546 × 100
    • 674420.7624484977 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
    • 672710.0966427546 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07

  8. noteValley County, ID's covered employment was 0.2% 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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    • +0.2 % = 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

  9. notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Valley County, ID could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.

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    • not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct

    the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries

  10. noteValley County, ID's typical home value of $674,421 ranks 78th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of $234,566.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 97 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  11. noteValley County, ID's typical home value of $674,421 ranks 3rd of 43 Idaho counties, against a median of $396,924.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across 43 Idaho counties that published home.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  12. noteValley County, ID's typical asking rent of $2,088 ranks 3rd of 21 Idaho counties, against a median of $1,659.

    Period 2026-08.
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    • 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across 21 Idaho counties that published rent.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

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Sources #

  • estimateQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-06 · typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-06 · typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 16085, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-06
  • publishedZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv · period 2026-08 · retrieved 2026-10-06
  • publishedZillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv · period 2026-08 · retrieved 2026-10-06
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-06 · month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-06 · momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)

Citations

  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. https://www.bls.gov/cew/. accessed 2026-10-06. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-06. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 16085, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/16085.csv. accessed 2026-10-06.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). series County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. period 2026-08. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zhvi/County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-06.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI). series County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv. period 2026-08. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zori/County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-06.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-06. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-06. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%).

What these numbers are not

  • The newest BLS QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, only the over-the-year percent change BLS publishes itself. Every employment and wage comparison here states that published change; none of them is a move from one level to another, because the two levels are not both in the file.
  • A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank across the entities that published the metric this period: the smallest published value scores 0 and the largest scores 100. It is not the share of entities below the value, and entities that did not publish the metric are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
  • The named indicators shown beside this brief are national or basin-level series, not measurements of Valley County, ID; 30-year fixed mortgage rate (watch), Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual (watch), Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate (watch) and WTI crude oil, spot (watch) are at a watch or alert level. They are context.
  • Water rows are everything within 75 km of this place's internal point (150 km for reservoirs), not everything inside its boundary: lib/water searches discs, and every row prints its own distance.
  • Server report: satellite turbidity is only computed in a browser, so that term is absent here.
  • Stress uses 2 of 4 terms (drought, quality); missing terms are left out, not assumed.
  • Groundwater has no trend term: one latest level cannot say whether an aquifer is being drawn down.
  • Obligations are what agencies committed in FY2026 by place of performance: not outlays, and not the recipient's own location.
  • FY2026 closed 6 days ago; agencies report with up to a 45-day lag, so totals are still filling in.
  • The indicator block is the NATIONAL set, filtered only by lens. None of these series is keyed to this place: they are United States, gauge, single-state or port series and they are shown as context, not as this place's own readings.

Page assembled 2026-10-06T12:21:27.449Z. Place identity tables pulled 2026-10-01.