Montgomery County, IA: 20 findings, 1 at an alert level, 3 at a watch level and 16 noted
20 findings fired for Montgomery County, IA this run, against a typical home value of $142,833 in August 2026 and covered employment of 3,803 in 2026 Q1. 8 further findings are not listed here.
Rules version 1. Assembled 2026-10-06. Back to Montgomery County, IA.
12 findings #
alertMontgomery County, IA's covered employment is -5.9% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -5.9 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchMontgomery County, IA's covered employment is -5.9% 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 = -5.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchMontgomery County, IA's typical home value is -3.8% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; 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: home.yoyPct = -3.7572852903209415 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchMontgomery County, IA's momentum index is -0.36, a watch level here: momentum index in the cooling band (the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: momentum = -0.363002225932896 <= -0.25
- 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%)
the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteMontgomery County, IA's covered employment was 5.9% 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
- -5.9 % = 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
noteMontgomery County, IA's average weekly wage was 2.5% 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
- +2.5 % = 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
noteMontgomery County, IA's typical home value fell 0.5% from $143,608 in July 2026 to $142,833 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.5% = (142832.95820146115 - 143607.86818039996) / 143607.86818039996 × 100
- 142832.95820146115 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 143607.86818039996 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Montgomery County, IA could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.
Show the arithmetic
- not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct
the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries
noteMontgomery County, IA's typical asking rent of $650 ranks 1,396th of 1,399 US counties, against a median of $1,496.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 1399 US counties that published rent.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteMontgomery County, IA's typical home value of -3.8% ranks 98th of 99 Iowa counties, against a median of +4.6%.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 1 on the 0-to-100 scale across 99 Iowa counties that published home.yoyPct
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteMontgomery County, IA's momentum index of -0.36 ranks 98th of 99 Iowa counties, against a median of 0.24.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 1 on the 0-to-100 scale across 99 Iowa counties that published momentum
- 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%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteMontgomery County, IA's momentum index of -0.36 ranks 3,118th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published momentum
- 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%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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