Ringgold County, IA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 40.74, -94.24.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 30th pct · 2,115th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 39th pct · 60th of 99 Iowa counties · median $194,976
- 83rd pct · 491st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 77th pct · 23rd of 99 Iowa counties · median +4.6%
- US counties: not published this period
- Iowa counties: not published this period
- 10th pct · 2,891st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 1st pct · 98th of 99 Iowa counties · median 5,685
- 25th pct · 2,413th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 4th pct · 95th of 99 Iowa counties · median $1,057
- 40th pct · 1,821st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 63rd pct · 37th of 99 Iowa counties · median 3.5
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 $186,034 (Aug 2026), +6.6% over one year, +18.9% over five
- 30th pct · 2,115th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 39th pct · 60th of 99 Iowa counties · median $194,976
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ringgold County, IA | $186,034 · +6.6% 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
- Iowa 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 $1,018 a month on $186,034 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,026 a month: 25.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $186,034 × 80% = $148,827, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,018/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $929 × 52 / 12 = $4,026) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $186,034 / ($929 × 52) = 3.9
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 #
1,416 jobs at 176 employers (2026 Q1); +3.5% jobs and +1.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 10th pct · 2,891st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 1st pct · 98th of 99 Iowa counties · median 5,685
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ringgold County, IA | 1,416 jobs · $929/wk · +3.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 119 | $608 | 0.86 | +0.0% |
| Construction | 105 | $1,571 | 1.41 | +0.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 94 | $1,342 | 0.96 | +17.5% |
| Manufacturing | 47 | $1,259 | 0.41 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
1 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stanberry Lake near Gentry, MO | 1,358 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 52 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 #
11 gauges · 0 flooding · 1 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 1 stale
Sites found: 11, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thompson River at Davis City, IA | flow 1,290 ft³/s · no flooding | 38 km |
| East Fork 102 River at Bedford, IA | flow 71.6 ft³/s · no flooding | 41 km |
| Weldon River near Leon, IA | flow 0.15 ft³/s · STALE | 51 km |
| East Fork Big Creek near Bethany, MO | flow 68.7 ft³/s | 52 km |
| East Fork Grand River at Albany, MO | flow 364.0 ft³/s | 55 km |
| Mozingo Creek near Pickering, MO | flow 14.4 ft³/s · quality 100 % (2) | 56 km |
| East Nodaway River at Highway 2 near Clarinda, IA | flow 193.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 62 km |
| Nodaway River at Clarinda, IA | flow 265.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 65 km |
| One Hundred and Two River at Maryville, MO | flow 376.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 66 km |
| West Nodaway River at Massena, IA | stage 67.4 ft | 71 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 #
5 wells in 2 named aquifers: Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions), Alluvial aquifers
Sites found: 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 2.74 ft · 2026-10-04 | 40 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 14.1 ft · 2026-10-04 | 50 km |
| Alluvial aquifers | depth 0.76 ft · 2026-10-04 | 53 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 2.51 ft · 2026-10-05 | 69 km |
| USGS-405820093252501 | depth 6.61 ft · 2014-09-30 | 74 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 #
$140.6 m in deposits at 4 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,824, highly concentrated. $39.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $32.4 m, grants $4.2 m), $27,711 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association | $47.6 m · 33.8% share · 1 office | |
| City State Bank | $46.9 m · 33.3% share · 1 office | |
| First Interstate Bank | $28.5 m · 20.3% share · 1 office | |
| Ringgold, IA | $39.2 m FY2026 · $27,711/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $30.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association | $47,562,000 | 33.8% | 1 |
| City State Bank | $46,872,000 | 33.3% | 1 |
| First Interstate Bank | $28,490,000 | 20.3% | 1 |
| PCSB Bank | $17,695,000 | 12.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,824 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 33.8² + 33.3² + 20.3² + … (1 more) = 2,824
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 | $27,742,969 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $4,805,938 |
| Department of Transportation | $4,077,842 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,451,421 |
| Department of the Interior | $553,462 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $432,751 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $71,920 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $54,879 |
| Department of Education | $48,104 |
That is $27,711 per covered job, against 1,416 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $39.2 m / 1,416 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $27,711
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 | 2026-10-05 | +0.1% |
| 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 #
Ringgold County, IA: 8 findings, 8 noted
noteRinggold County, IA's covered employment was 3.5% 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
- +3.5 % = 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
noteRinggold County, IA's average weekly wage was 1.2% 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
- +1.2 % = 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
noteRinggold County, IA's typical home value rose 0.5% from $185,199 in July 2026 to $186,034 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (186033.63106394687 - 185199.33285720795) / 185199.33285720795 × 100
- 186033.63106394687 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 185199.33285720795 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteRinggold County, IA's covered employment of 1,416 ranks 98th of 99 Iowa counties, against a median of 5,685.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 1 on the 0-to-100 scale across 99 Iowa counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteRinggold County, IA's average weekly wage of $929 ranks 95th of 99 Iowa counties, against a median of $1,057.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 4 on the 0-to-100 scale across 99 Iowa counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
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