FIPS 19167, IA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.08, -96.18.
Assembled 2026-10-02. Read the brief.
- 71st pct · 864th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 64th pct · 1,077th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- US counties: not published this period
- 73rd pct · 855th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 61st pct · 1,232nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 71st pct · 864th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
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 $312,113 (Aug 2026), +4.3% over one year, +29.2% over five
- 71st pct · 864th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux County | $312,113 · +4.3% 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
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 $1,708 a month on $312,113 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,754 a month: 35.9% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $312,113 × 80% = $249,690, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,708/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,097 × 52 / 12 = $4,754) = 36% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $312,113 / ($1,097 × 52) = 5.5
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 #
22,630 jobs at 1,555 employers (2026 Q1); -0.8% jobs and +4.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 73rd pct · 855th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux County | 22,630 jobs · $1,097/wk · -0.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 5,677 | $1,302 | 3.12 | -3.5% |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,128 | $864 | 0.62 | +3.7% |
| Construction | 1,868 | $1,402 | 1.57 | -0.3% |
| Retail trade | 1,764 | $627 | 0.80 | -4.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 1,660 | $1,422 | 10.16 | +6.4% |
| Educational services | 1,438 | $857 | 2.95 | -1.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,290 | $300 | 0.63 | -4.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 1,252 | $1,458 | 1.44 | -1.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 598 | $1,729 | 0.65 | +2.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 479 | $1,064 | 0.50 | -2.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 471 | $1,280 | 0.30 | +3.1% |
| Other services | 457 | $847 | 0.68 | +1.3% |
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.
Water #
Banks and federal dollars #
Federal obligations #
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 | 16.50 | 2026-09-30 | -11.7% |
| 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 · % | 71.30 | 2026-10-01 | +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 · % | 4.10 | 2026-08-01 | +0.0% |
| 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 #
FIPS 19167, IA: 6 findings, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchFIPS 19167, IA's covered employment is -0.8% 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 = -0.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteFIPS 19167, IA's average weekly wage was 4.9% 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
- +4.9 % = 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
noteFIPS 19167, IA's covered employment was 0.8% 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
- -0.8 % = 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
noteFIPS 19167, IA's typical home value rose 0.3% from $311,324 in July 2026 to $312,113 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (312113.04907344776 - 311324.11289067124) / 311324.11289067124 × 100
- 312113.04907344776 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 311324.11289067124 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering FIPS 19167, IA is due between 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
Read all 6 findings in the full brief
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