Shelby County, IA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 41.68, -95.31.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 42nd pct · 1,755th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 62nd pct · 38th of 99 Iowa counties · median $194,976
- 67th pct · 987th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 50th pct · 50th of 99 Iowa counties · median +4.6%
- US counties: not published this period
- Iowa counties: not published this period
- 39th pct · 1,940th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 45th pct · 54th of 99 Iowa counties · median 5,685
- 59th pct · 1,290th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 61st pct · 39th of 99 Iowa counties · median $1,057
- 40th pct · 1,838th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 62nd pct · 38th 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 $216,042 (Aug 2026), +4.6% over one year, +36.6% over five
- 42nd pct · 1,755th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 62nd pct · 38th of 99 Iowa counties · median $194,976
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby County, IA | $216,042 · +4.6% 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 $1,183 a month on $216,042 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,710 a month: 25.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $216,042 × 80% = $172,833, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,183/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,087 × 52 / 12 = $4,710) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $216,042 / ($1,087 × 52) = 3.8
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 #
5,496 jobs at 431 employers (2026 Q1); -0.3% jobs and +2.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 39th pct · 1,940th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 45th pct · 54th of 99 Iowa counties · median 5,685
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby County, IA | 5,496 jobs · $1,087/wk · -0.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation and warehousing | 871 | $1,364 | 3.76 | -4.3% |
| Manufacturing | 789 | $1,256 | 1.78 | +5.2% |
| Retail trade | 428 | $565 | 0.80 | -6.8% |
| Accommodation and food services | 344 | $273 | 0.70 | +11.3% |
| Finance and insurance | 245 | $1,838 | 1.09 | -2.4% |
| Construction | 198 | $1,142 | 0.69 | +9.4% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 135 | $1,211 | 3.40 | -2.2% |
| Professional and technical services | 129 | $1,293 | 0.34 | +1.6% |
| Information | 87 | $1,033 | 0.86 | -41.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 69 | $891 | 0.22 | -22.5% |
| Management of companies | 65 | $1,889 | 0.71 | +22.6% |
| Other services | 64 | $1,048 | 0.39 | -15.8% |
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 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 #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$597.3 m in deposits at 10 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,611, highly concentrated. $110.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $105.2 m, grants $4.9 m), $20,032 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Shelby County State Bank | $326.9 m · 54.7% share · 5 offices | |
| Midstates Bank, National Association | $107.0 m · 17.9% share · 1 office | |
| Farmers Trust & Savings Bank | $71.2 m · 11.9% share · 2 offices | |
| Shelby, IA | $110.1 m FY2026 · $20,032/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shelby County State Bank | $326,910,000 | 54.7% | 5 |
| Midstates Bank, National Association | $106,963,000 | 17.9% | 1 |
| Farmers Trust & Savings Bank | $71,214,000 | 11.9% | 2 |
| United Bank of Iowa | $70,514,000 | 11.8% | 1 |
| Defiance State Bank | $21,681,000 | 3.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,611 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 54.7² + 17.9² + 11.9² + … (2 more) = 3,611
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 #
That is $20,032 per covered job, against 5,496 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $110.1 m / 5,496 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $20,032
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 | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| 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 #
Shelby County, IA: 5 findings, 1 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchShelby County, IA's covered employment is -0.3% 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 = -0.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteShelby 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
noteShelby County, IA's typical home value rose 0.4% from $215,195 in July 2026 to $216,042 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.4% = (216041.85084348134 - 215195.11209313502) / 215195.11209313502 × 100
- 216041.85084348134 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 215195.11209313502 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteShelby County, IA's covered employment was 0.3% 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
- -0.3 % = 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
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Shelby County, IA is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.