Cass County, IN
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 40.75, -86.36.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 26th pct · 2,255th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 13th pct · 80th of 92 Indiana counties · median $234,055
- 33rd pct · 2,036th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 8th pct · 84th of 92 Indiana counties · median +4.2%
- US counties: not published this period
- Indiana counties: not published this period
- 63rd pct · 1,182nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 56th pct · 41st of 92 Indiana counties · median 12,958
- 43rd pct · 1,825th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 32nd pct · 62nd of 92 Indiana counties · median $1,045
- 28th pct · 2,189th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 21st pct · 72nd of 92 Indiana counties · median 4.2
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 $176,164 (Aug 2026), +1.5% over one year, +34.3% over five
- 26th pct · 2,255th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 13th pct · 80th of 92 Indiana counties · median $234,055
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cass County, IN | $176,164 · +1.5% 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
- Indiana 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 $964 a month on $176,164 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,377 a month: 22.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $176,164 × 80% = $140,931, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $964/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,010 × 52 / 12 = $4,377) = 22% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $176,164 / ($1,010 × 52) = 3.4
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 #
14,180 jobs at 750 employers (2026 Q1); -2.4% jobs and +4.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 63rd pct · 1,182nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 56th pct · 41st of 92 Indiana counties · median 12,958
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cass County, IN | 14,180 jobs · $1,010/wk · -2.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 3,879 | $1,069 | 3.40 | -2.6% |
| Retail trade | 1,474 | $585 | 1.07 | +2.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 990 | $356 | 0.78 | -9.2% |
| Construction | 797 | $2,012 | 1.07 | +6.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 558 | $1,454 | 1.03 | -13.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 432 | $1,023 | 0.54 | -9.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 333 | $1,424 | 0.58 | +4.7% |
| Other services | 244 | $555 | 0.58 | -7.6% |
| Information | 79 | $483 | 0.30 | -16.8% |
| Real estate and rental | 69 | $1,356 | 0.32 | -16.9% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 26 | $443 | 0.11 | -27.8% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 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 #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
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 #
2 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 2, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-03350400 | 23,410 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 80 km |
| USGS-03351700 | 21,970 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 99 km |
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 #
60 gauges · 0 flooding · 8 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 19 stale
Sites found: 60, 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-03329000 | flow 5,150 ft³/s | 2 km |
| USGS-03328500 | flow 574.0 ft³/s | 8 km |
| USGS-03327528 | flow 25.4 ft³/s | 12 km |
| USGS-03327507 | flow 3.70 ft³/s · STALE | 19 km |
| USGS-03327520 | flow 58.0 ft³/s · STALE | 24 km |
| USGS-03327500 | flow 4,470 ft³/s | 24 km |
| USGS-03327503 | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 25 km |
| USGS-03328430 | flow 5.80 ft³/s · STALE | 26 km |
| USGS-03329700 | flow 37.8 ft³/s | 29 km |
| USGS-03329400 | flow 7.70 ft³/s · STALE | 29 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 #
20 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 20, 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-403407086175701 | depth 6.86 ft · 2026-10-05 | 21 km |
| USGS-405829086175801 | depth 10.2 ft · 2026-10-05 | 25 km |
| USGS-404606086023201 | depth 13.6 ft · 2025-05-12 | 26 km |
| USGS-404603086021801 | depth 9.75 ft · 2025-05-12 | 27 km |
| USGS-403810086403701 | depth 118.2 ft · 2025-05-14 | 30 km |
| USGS-410739086365201 | depth 8.00 ft · 2026-10-05 | 47 km |
| USGS-403948085414601 | depth 45.6 ft · 2025-06-11 | 56 km |
| USGS-402322085481901 | depth 6.05 ft · 2026-10-05 | 62 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 #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$1.2 bn in deposits at 10 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,893, highly concentrated. $226.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $216.9 m, grants $8.8 m), $15,940 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Security Federal Savings Bank | $285.3 m · 24.0% share · 2 offices | |
| First Farmers Bank & Trust Co. | $279.4 m · 23.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Logansport Savings Bank | $234.3 m · 19.7% share · 1 office | |
| Cass, IN | $226.0 m FY2026 · $15,940/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $209.3 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Federal Savings Bank | $285,329,000 | 24.0% | 2 |
| First Farmers Bank & Trust Co. | $279,393,000 | 23.5% | 2 |
| Logansport Savings Bank | $234,327,000 | 19.7% | 1 |
| Horizon Bank | $148,600,000 | 12.5% | 1 |
| Community State Bank | $146,387,000 | 12.3% | 3 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $92,468,000 | 7.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,893 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 = 24.0² + 23.5² + 19.7² + … (3 more) = 1,893
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 | $186,919,669 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $20,206,079 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $4,561,419 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4,269,577 |
| Department of Transportation | $4,023,888 |
| Department of Agriculture | $3,218,896 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $2,156,234 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $429,129 |
| Department of Defense | $189,949 |
| General Services Administration | $50,075 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $0 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $15,940 per covered job, against 14,180 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $226.0 m / 14,180 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,940
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 #
Cass County, IN: 6 findings, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchCass County, IN'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
noteCass County, IN's average weekly wage was 4.1% 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
- +4.1 % = 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
noteCass County, IN's covered employment was 2.4% 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
- -2.4 % = 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
noteCass County, IN's typical home value rose 0.9% from $174,528 in July 2026 to $176,164 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.9% = (176163.56396508045 - 174527.542867693) / 174527.542867693 × 100
- 176163.56396508045 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 174527.542867693 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteCass County, IN's typical home value of +1.5% ranks 84th of 92 Indiana counties, against a median of +4.2%.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 9 on the 0-to-100 scale across 92 Indiana counties that published home.yoyPct
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 6 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.