Anderson County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.22, -95.29.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 35th pct · 1,971st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 76th pct · 25th of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
- 85th pct · 455th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 70th pct · 32nd of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.4%
- US counties: not published this period
- Kansas counties: not published this period
- 19th pct · 2,581st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 48th pct · 55th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 27th pct · 2,333rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 47th pct · 55th of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 44th pct · 1,699th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 78th pct · 23rd of 105 Kansas counties · median 3.2
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 $196,719 (Aug 2026), +6.8% over one year, +33.3% over five
- 35th pct · 1,971st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 76th pct · 25th of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, KS | $196,719 · +6.8% 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
- Kansas 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 $1,077 a month on $196,719 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,078 a month: 26.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $196,719 × 80% = $157,376, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,077/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $941 × 52 / 12 = $4,078) = 26% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $196,719 / ($941 × 52) = 4.0
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 #
2,427 jobs at 250 employers (2026 Q1); +1.9% jobs and +4.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 19th pct · 2,581st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 48th pct · 55th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, KS | 2,427 jobs · $941/wk · +1.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 570 | $794 | 2.41 | +7.3% |
| Construction | 124 | $875 | 0.97 | -0.8% |
| Manufacturing | 113 | $1,584 | 0.58 | +4.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 91 | $1,454 | 0.98 | +7.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 70 | $885 | 0.42 | +7.7% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 43 | $686 | 2.45 | +13.2% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 42 | $1,332 | 4.86 | -16.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 42 | $1,859 | 0.41 | -4.5% |
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| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | withheld | |||
| Administrative and waste services | 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 #
D0 abnormally dry
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 #
5 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS | 178,700 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 49 km |
| POMONA LK NR QUENEMO, KS | 66,980 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 54 km |
| HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS | 77,610 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 60 km |
| CLINTON LK NR LAWRENCE, KS | 128,800 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 80 km |
| PERRY LK NR PERRY, KS | 299,700 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 101 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 #
35 gauges · 0 flooding · 6 with quality panels averaging 87 % · 6 stale
Sites found: 35, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NEOSHO R AT NEOSHO RAPIDS, KS | flow 3,500 ft³/s · quality 67 % (3) · no flooding | 64 km |
| POTTAWATOMIE C NR GARNETT, KS | flow 13.7 ft³/s · no flooding | 14 km |
| POTTAWATOMIE C NR SCIPIO, KS | flow 29.0 ft³/s · STALE | 17 km |
| POTTAWATOMIE C AT LANE, KS | flow 37.5 ft³/s · no flooding | 31 km |
| Neosho River at Le Roy | observation not current | 34 km |
| NEOSHO R NR IOLA, KS | flow 1,660 ft³/s · quality 100 % (3) · no flooding | 35 km |
| NEOSHO R AT BURLINGTON, KS | flow 4,160 ft³/s · quality 83 % (3) · no flooding | 39 km |
| USGS-381421095451600 | turb. 31.0 FNU · quality 83 % (3) · STALE | 40 km |
| Neosho River at John Redmond Lake | no flooding | 42 km |
| Marais Des Cygnes River near Quenemo | observation not current | 42 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 #
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 (0.05)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.13 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$291.3 m in deposits at 7 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,662, highly concentrated. $-141,612 federal obligations in FY2026 (loans $5,776), $-58 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Goppert State Service Bank | $148.6 m · 51.0% share · 3 offices | |
| Patriots Bank | $81.1 m · 27.8% share · 2 offices | |
| Bank of Greeley | $46.8 m · 16.1% share · 1 office | |
| Anderson, KS | $-141,612 FY2026 · $-58/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $45.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goppert State Service Bank | $148,628,000 | 51.0% | 3 |
| Patriots Bank | $81,110,000 | 27.8% | 2 |
| Bank of Greeley | $46,764,000 | 16.1% | 1 |
| The Farmers State Bank of Blue Mound | $14,792,000 | 5.1% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,662 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 = 51.0² + 27.8² + 16.1² + … (1 more) = 3,662
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 | $40,656,961 |
| Department of Agriculture | $7,952,327 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $4,107,949 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $434,500 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $317,387 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $113,243 |
| Department of Transportation | -$177,388 |
That is -$58 per covered job, against 2,427 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $-141,612 / 2,427 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $-58
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 #
Anderson County, KS: 7 findings, 2 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchAnderson County, KS' typical home value of $196,719 scores 36 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 77 across Kansas counties, a gap of 41 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 41 = |36 across US counties - 77 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchAnderson County, KS' years of wages of 4.0 scores 45 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 79 across Kansas counties, a gap of 34 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 34 = |45 across US counties - 79 across Kansas counties|
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteAnderson County, KS' 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
noteAnderson County, KS' covered employment was 1.9% 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
- +1.9 % = 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
noteAnderson County, KS' typical home value rose 0.3% from $196,136 in July 2026 to $196,719 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (196719.42603022078 - 196135.55709111667) / 196135.55709111667 × 100
- 196719.42603022078 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 196135.55709111667 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 7 findings in the full brief
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