Washington County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 44.45, -116.80.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 85th pct · 446th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 23rd of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
- 39th pct · 1,862nd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 23rd pct · 33rd of 43 Idaho counties · median +2.9%
- US counties: not published this period
- Idaho counties: not published this period
- 22nd pct · 2,496th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 25th pct · 33rd of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- 13th pct · 2,788th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 13th pct · 38th of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
- 95th pct · 143rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 64th pct · 16th 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 $396,026 (Aug 2026), +2.0% over one year, +22.7% over five
- 85th pct · 446th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 23rd of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County, ID | $396,026 · +2.0% 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 #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Idaho counties: not published this period
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 $2,168 a month on $396,026 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,735 a month: 58.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $396,026 × 80% = $316,821, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,168/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $862 × 52 / 12 = $3,735) = 58% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $396,026 / ($862 × 52) = 8.8
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 #
2,748 jobs at 353 employers (2026 Q1); -2.4% jobs and +5.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 22nd pct · 2,496th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 25th pct · 33rd of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County, ID | 2,748 jobs · $862/wk · -2.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 589 | $942 | 2.66 | +6.1% |
| Retail trade | 250 | $591 | 0.93 | -3.8% |
| Construction | 145 | $941 | 1.01 | -32.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 87 | $1,010 | 0.83 | +1.2% |
| Information | 65 | $1,167 | 1.28 | -1.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 59 | $917 | 0.31 | +0.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 42 | $1,552 | 0.38 | +2.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 29 | $1,244 | 0.25 | +11.5% |
| Other services | 29 | $623 | 0.35 | -9.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 6 | $547 | 0.14 | -64.7% |
| Administrative and waste services | 3 | $1,618 | 0.02 | +0.0% |
| Unclassified | 1 | $1,988 | 0.17 | -50.0% |
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 #
D2 severe 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 #
18 gauges · 0 flooding · 5 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 5 stale
Sites found: 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CRANE CREEK AT MOUTH NR WEISER ID | flow 43.9 ft³/s | 17 km |
| WEISER RIVER NR CAMBRIDGE ID | flow 32.3 ft³/s | 19 km |
| WEISER RIVER NR WEISER ID | flow 126.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 20 km |
| SNAKE RIVER AT WEISER ID | flow 8,870 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 27 km |
| MF WEISER RIVER AB FALL CREEK NR MESA ID | flow 20.0 ft³/s · STALE | 40 km |
| WILDHORSE RIVER AT BROWNLEE DAM ID | flow 785.0 ft³/s · STALE | 46 km |
| PAYETTE RIVER NR PAYETTE ID | flow 411.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 46 km |
| PINE CREEK NR OXBOW OR | flow 71.0 ft³/s · STALE | 56 km |
| NF PAYETTE RIVER AT CASCADE ID | flow 192.0 ft³/s · STALE | 60 km |
| MALHEUR RIVER BELOW NEVADA DAM NEAR VALE OR | flow 38.0 ft³/s | 61 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 #
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 #
moderate (0.32)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$163.8 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,017, highly concentrated. $83.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $82.2 m, grants $691,795), $30,210 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $86.7 m · 52.9% share · 1 office | |
| Columbia Bank | $77.1 m · 47.1% share · 1 office | |
| Washington, ID | $83.0 m FY2026 · $30,210/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $80.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $86,722,000 | 52.9% | 1 |
| Columbia Bank | $77,119,000 | 47.1% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,017 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 52.9² + 47.1² = 5,017
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 | $70,595,395 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $8,582,595 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,735,681 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $906,042 |
| Department of Transportation | $644,734 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $358,733 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $153,573 |
| Department of Education | $37,223 |
| Department of the Interior | $3,064 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $0 |
That is $30,210 per covered job, against 2,748 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $83.0 m / 2,748 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $30,210
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 #
Washington County, ID: 9 findings, 4 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchWashington County, ID's years of wages of 8.8 ranks 143rd 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 = 95.3625081645983 >= 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
watchWashington County, ID's covered employment is -2.4% 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 = -2.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchWashington County, ID's typical home value of $396,026 scores 85 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 48 across Idaho counties, a gap of 38 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 38 = |85 across US counties - 48 across Idaho counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchWashington County, ID's years of wages of 8.8 scores 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 64 across Idaho counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |95 across US counties - 64 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
noteWashington County, ID's average weekly wage was 5.4% 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
- +5.4 % = 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 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.