Linn County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.22, -94.84.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 28th pct · 2,186th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 68th pct · 34th of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
- 0th pct · 14th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $279,567
- 93rd pct · 210th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 88th pct · 13th of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.4%
- 100th pct · 1st of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median +4.6%
- US counties: not published this period
- Kansas counties: not published this period
- counties in the Kansas City metro: not published this period
- 16th pct · 2,683rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 40th pct · 63rd of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 7th pct · 13th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 15,305
- 48th pct · 1,656th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 77th pct · 24th of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 46th pct · 8th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $1,052
- 28th pct · 2,177th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 58th pct · 44th of 105 Kansas counties · median 3.2
- 15th pct · 12th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 5.5
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 $181,026 (Aug 2026), +8.8% over one year, +22.6% over five
- 28th pct · 2,186th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 68th pct · 34th of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
- 0th pct · 14th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median $279,567
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Linn County, KS | $181,026 · +8.8% 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
- counties in the Kansas City metro: 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 $991 a month on $181,026 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,476 a month: 22.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $181,026 × 80% = $144,821, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $991/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,033 × 52 / 12 = $4,476) = 22% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $181,026 / ($1,033 × 52) = 3.4
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 #
2,061 jobs at 273 employers (2026 Q1); -3.5% jobs and +3.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 16th pct · 2,683rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 40th pct · 63rd of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 7th pct · 13th of 14 counties in the Kansas City metro · median 15,305
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Linn County, KS | 2,061 jobs · $1,033/wk · -3.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 207 | $506 | 1.03 | -2.4% |
| Manufacturing | 157 | $1,218 | 0.95 | -2.5% |
| Construction | 150 | $1,071 | 1.39 | -15.3% |
| Finance and insurance | 71 | $855 | 0.85 | +0.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 71 | $482 | 0.38 | -22.8% |
| Other services | 63 | $688 | 1.02 | -1.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 46 | $1,026 | 0.58 | +7.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 44 | $794 | 1.39 | -6.4% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 42 | $1,978 | 5.72 | -17.6% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 40 | $861 | 2.69 | -21.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 26 | $644 | 0.22 | +0.0% |
| Information | 23 | $1,198 | 0.61 | -8.0% |
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 #
6 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS | 77,560 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 49 km |
| POMONA LK NR QUENEMO, KS | 65,320 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 79 km |
| MELVERN LK NR MELVERN, KS | 177,900 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 82 km |
| CLINTON LK NR LAWRENCE, KS | 128,900 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 90 km |
| PERRY LK NR PERRY, KS | 300,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 112 km |
| Concordia Lake near Concordia, MO | 2,372 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 136 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 #
32 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 98 % · 9 stale
Sites found: 32, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MARAIS DES CYGNES R AT LA CYGNE, KS | flow 2,840 ft³/s · no flooding | 16 km |
| MARAIS DES CYGNES R NR KS-MO ST LINE, KS | flow 2,420 ft³/s · no flooding | 20 km |
| L OSAGE R AT FULTON, KS | flow 0.79 ft³/s · no flooding | 26 km |
| POTTAWATOMIE C AT LANE, KS | flow 31.6 ft³/s · no flooding | 33 km |
| Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie | no flooding | 33 km |
| POTTAWATOMIE C NR SCIPIO, KS | flow 29.0 ft³/s · STALE | 35 km |
| POTTAWATOMIE C NR GARNETT, KS | flow 12.1 ft³/s · no flooding | 38 km |
| Miami Creek below Butler, MO | flow 0.85 ft³/s · STALE | 41 km |
| MARMATON R NR FORT SCOTT, KS | flow 15.2 ft³/s · no flooding | 43 km |
| MARMATON R NR UNIONTOWN, KS | flow 0.10 ft³/s · low threshold | 44 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 #
3 wells in 1 named aquifer: Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
Sites found: 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ozark Plateaus aquifer system | depth 105.9 ft · 2026-10-05 | 44 km |
| USGS-382835094254301 | depth 7.48 ft · 2017-09-12 | 46 km |
| USGS-375930094222001 | depth 5.65 ft · 2016-04-26 | 49 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 (0.01)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.03 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$240.5 m in deposits at 8 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,123, highly concentrated. $74.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $71.4 m, grants $3.0 m), $36,211 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Labette Bank | $75.3 m · 31.3% share · 2 offices | |
| Farmers and Merchants Bank of Mound City, Kansas | $60.0 m · 24.9% share · 1 office | |
| The Farmers State Bank of Blue Mound | $33.1 m · 13.8% share · 2 offices | |
| Linn, KS | $74.6 m FY2026 · $36,211/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $68.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labette Bank | $75,334,000 | 31.3% | 2 |
| Farmers and Merchants Bank of Mound City, Kansas | $59,999,000 | 24.9% | 1 |
| The Farmers State Bank of Blue Mound | $33,120,000 | 13.8% | 2 |
| First Option Bank | $33,043,000 | 13.7% | 1 |
| Landmark National Bank | $24,656,000 | 10.3% | 1 |
| Prescott State Bank | $14,332,000 | 6.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,123 across 6 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 6 banks with deposits in the county = 31.3² + 24.9² + 13.8² + … (3 more) = 2,123
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 | $60,481,111 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $6,139,499 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,777,492 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,763,554 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,692,195 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $316,578 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $174,236 |
| Department of the Interior | $159,705 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $75,000 |
| Department of Education | $50,875 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $36,211 per covered job, against 2,061 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $74.6 m / 2,061 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $36,211
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 #
Linn County, KS: 12 findings, 1 at an alert level, 2 at a watch level and 9 noted
alertLinn County, KS' covered employment is -3.5% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, 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 = -3.5 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchLinn County, KS' covered employment is -3.5% 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 = -3.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchLinn County, KS' typical home value of $181,026 scores 29 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 68 across Kansas counties, a gap of 40 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 40 = |29 across US counties - 68 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLinn County, KS' covered employment was 3.5% 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
- -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
noteLinn County, KS' average weekly wage was 3.0% 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 % = 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 12 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.