Logan County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.91, -101.16.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 18th pct · 2,506th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 50th pct · 52nd of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
- 79th pct · 633rd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 66th pct · 36th of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.4%
- US counties: not published this period
- Kansas counties: not published this period
- 9th pct · 2,927th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 27th pct · 76th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 7th pct · 2,965th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 17th pct · 87th of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 36th pct · 1,954th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 67th pct · 35th 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 $156,172 (Aug 2026), +5.9% over one year, +31.9% over five
- 18th pct · 2,506th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 50th pct · 52nd of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Logan County, KS | $156,172 · +5.9% 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 $855 a month on $156,172 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,532 a month: 24.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $156,172 × 80% = $124,937, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $855/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $815 × 52 / 12 = $3,532) = 24% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $156,172 / ($815 × 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 #
1,285 jobs at 130 employers (2026 Q1); +1.6% jobs and +1.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 9th pct · 2,927th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 27th pct · 76th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Logan County, KS | 1,285 jobs · $815/wk · +1.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 106 | $661 | 0.85 | -7.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 53 | $1,417 | 1.08 | -11.7% |
| Health care and social assistance | 52 | $691 | 0.27 | +15.6% |
| Manufacturing | 38 | $1,317 | 0.37 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 24 | $955 | 0.62 | +4.3% |
| Construction | 18 | $1,217 | 0.27 | +0.0% |
| Information | 14 | $172 | 0.59 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | 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 #
2 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CEDAR BLUFF RE NR ELLIS, KS | 54,710 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 125 km |
| HORSETHIEF RE NR JETMORE, KS | 5,391 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 135 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 #
2 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels
Sites found: 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SMOKY HILL R AT ELKADER, KS | flow 2.03 ft³/s · no flooding | 29 km |
| Hackberry Creek at Gove | observation not current | 58 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 (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$311.5 m in deposits at 4 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,640, highly concentrated. $28.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $20.7 m, grants $8.0 m), $22,308 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Farmers State Bank of Oakley, Kansas | $224.9 m · 72.2% share · 1 office | |
| The Bank | $57.6 m · 18.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Outdoor Bank | $29.0 m · 9.3% share · 1 office | |
| Logan, KS | $28.7 m FY2026 · $22,308/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $16.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmers State Bank of Oakley, Kansas | $224,909,000 | 72.2% | 1 |
| The Bank | $57,593,000 | 18.5% | 2 |
| Outdoor Bank | $29,042,000 | 9.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,640 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 72.2² + 18.5² + 9.3² = 5,640
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 | $14,518,643 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,994,435 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,201,011 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,420,497 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $968,220 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $505,448 |
| Department of Education | $51,075 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $6,240 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $22,308 per covered job, against 1,285 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $28.7 m / 1,285 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $22,308
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 #
Logan County, KS: 8 findings, 2 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchLogan County, KS' typical home value of $156,172 scores 18 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 51 across Kansas counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 33 = |18 across US counties - 51 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchLogan County, KS' years of wages of 3.7 scores 36 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 67 across Kansas counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |36 across US counties - 67 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
noteLogan County, KS' covered employment was 1.6% 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
- +1.6 % = 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
noteLogan County, KS' average weekly wage was 1.2% 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
- +1.2 % = 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
noteLogan County, KS' typical home value fell 0.6% from $157,059 in July 2026 to $156,172 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.6% = (156171.74000333276 - 157059.45236214154) / 157059.45236214154 × 100
- 156171.74000333276 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 157059.45236214154 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 8 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.