Dickinson County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.87, -97.16.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 23rd pct · 2,336th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 59th pct · 43rd of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
- 54th pct · 1,398th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 34th pct · 69th of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.4%
- US counties: not published this period
- Kansas counties: not published this period
- 44th pct · 1,773rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 75th pct · 27th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 16th pct · 2,690th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 27th pct · 76th of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 36th pct · 1,938th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 69th pct · 33rd 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 $170,305 (Aug 2026), +3.3% over one year, +25.2% over five
- 23rd pct · 2,336th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 59th pct · 43rd of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dickinson County, KS | $170,305 · +3.3% 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
- 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 $932 a month on $170,305 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,835 a month: 24.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $170,305 × 80% = $136,244, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $932/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $885 × 52 / 12 = $3,835) = 24% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $170,305 / ($885 × 52) = 3.7
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 #
6,732 jobs at 554 employers (2026 Q1); +8.2% jobs and +1.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 44th pct · 1,773rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 75th pct · 27th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dickinson County, KS | 6,732 jobs · $885/wk · +8.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,640 | $1,120 | 3.03 | +1.3% |
| Retail trade | 694 | $603 | 1.06 | +7.3% |
| Construction | 366 | $920 | 1.04 | +55.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 343 | $265 | 0.57 | +3.9% |
| Administrative and waste services | 326 | $599 | 0.85 | +9.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 201 | $1,423 | 0.78 | -17.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 188 | $1,072 | 0.66 | -5.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 168 | $1,253 | 0.61 | +7.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 162 | $895 | 3.33 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 111 | $573 | 0.55 | -5.1% |
| Utilities | 67 | $1,964 | 2.52 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 29 | $551 | 0.28 | +31.8% |
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 #
$559.2 m in deposits at 14 offices of 10 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,444, moderately concentrated. $159.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $154.7 m, contracts $2.8 m), $23,642 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Bank | $128.8 m · 23.0% share · 2 offices | |
| Astra Bank | $105.1 m · 18.8% share · 2 offices | |
| The Solomon State Bank | $85.9 m · 15.4% share · 2 offices | |
| Dickinson, KS | $159.2 m FY2026 · $23,642/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $140.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Bank | $128,829,000 | 23.0% | 2 |
| Astra Bank | $105,090,000 | 18.8% | 2 |
| The Solomon State Bank | $85,949,000 | 15.4% | 2 |
| The First National Bank of Hope | $58,963,000 | 10.5% | 2 |
| Central National Bank | $50,278,000 | 9.0% | 1 |
| First Bank Kansas | $40,743,000 | 7.3% | 1 |
| UMB Bank, National Association | $36,899,000 | 6.6% | 1 |
| The Bennington State Bank | $26,013,000 | 4.7% | 1 |
| The Dickinson County Bank | $19,448,000 | 3.5% | 1 |
| The Citizens State Bank and Trust Company | $6,955,000 | 1.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,444 across 10 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 10 banks with deposits in the county = 23.0² + 18.8² + 15.4² + … (7 more) = 1,444
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 | $100,769,800 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $34,185,338 |
| Department of Agriculture | $13,479,631 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $5,652,948 |
| National Archives and Records Administration | $2,808,793 |
| Department of Transportation | $814,483 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $761,523 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $557,030 |
| Department of Education | $127,130 |
| Department of Defense | $0 |
That is $23,642 per covered job, against 6,732 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $159.2 m / 6,732 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $23,642
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 #
Dickinson County, KS: 9 findings, 3 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchDickinson County, KS' typical home value of $170,305 scores 24 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 60 across Kansas counties, a gap of 36 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 36 = |24 across US counties - 60 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchDickinson County, KS' years of wages of 3.7 scores 37 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 69 across Kansas counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |37 across US counties - 69 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
watchDickinson County, KS' covered employment of 6,732 scores 45 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 75 across Kansas counties, a gap of 30 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 30 = |45 across US counties - 75 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteDickinson County, KS' covered employment was 8.2% 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
- +8.2 % = 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
noteDickinson County, KS' average weekly wage was 1.5% 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
- +1.5 % = 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
Read all 9 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.