Stanton County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 37.57, -101.79.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 16th pct · 2,555th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 48th pct · 55th of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
- 34th pct · 2,015th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 23rd pct · 81st of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.4%
- US counties: not published this period
- Kansas counties: not published this period
- 3rd pct · 3,098th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 7th pct · 97th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 20th pct · 2,556th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 34th pct · 69th of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 25th pct · 2,289th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 51st pct · 51st 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 $151,963 (Aug 2026), +1.5% over one year, +18.6% over five
- 16th pct · 2,555th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 48th pct · 55th of 105 Kansas counties · median $153,214
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stanton County, KS | $151,963 · +1.5% 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 $832 a month on $151,963 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,930 a month: 21.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $151,963 × 80% = $121,570, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $832/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $907 × 52 / 12 = $3,930) = 21% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $151,963 / ($907 × 52) = 3.2
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 #
681 jobs at 90 employers (2026 Q1); +2.3% jobs and +5.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 3rd pct · 3,098th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 7th pct · 97th of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stanton County, KS | 681 jobs · $907/wk · +2.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 41 | $590 | 0.62 | -19.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 36 | $1,002 | 1.30 | +24.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 26 | $1,176 | 1.00 | +0.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 15 | $404 | 0.15 | -6.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical 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 #
D1 moderate drought
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 #
0 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 1 TWDB reservoirs
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AT CADDOA, CO | 31,150 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 115 km |
| Palo Duro Reservoir | 0 % full · 61k ac-ft | 146 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 #
19 gauges · 0 flooding · 5 with quality panels averaging 70 % · 4 stale
Sites found: 19, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-375955102023701 | temp 15.8 °C · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 53 km |
| USGS-380117102023801 | temp 14.1 °C · quality 50 % (2) | 55 km |
| USGS-375936102023901 | temp 16.0 °C · quality 50 % (2) | 53 km |
| BEAR C NR JOHNSON, KS | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 7 km |
| USGS-375714101484200 | temp 16.0 °C · quality 100 % (2) | 43 km |
| ARKANSAS R AT SYRACUSE, KS | flow 363.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 45 km |
| ARKANSAS R AT KENDALL, KS | flow 407.0 ft³/s | 46 km |
| AMAZON GREAT EASTERN DITCH NR LAKIN, KS | stage 5.58 ft | 48 km |
| CIMARRON R NR ELKHART, KS | flow 0.00 ft³/s · observation not current · STALE | 50 km |
| SOUTHSIDE DITCH NR LAKIN, KS | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 51 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 #
6 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-375714101484200 | level 3,238 ft · 2026-10-05 | 43 km |
| USGS-375936102023901 | level 3,338 ft · 2026-10-05 | 53 km |
| USGS-375955102023701 | level 3,341 ft · 2020-06-02 | 53 km |
| USGS-380117102023801 | level 3,345 ft · 2026-10-05 | 55 km |
| USGS-370130101180902 | level 2,905 ft · 2017-11-13 | 74 km |
| USGS-370130101180903 | level 2,900 ft · 2017-09-30 | 74 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 #
high (0.53)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.3×1.00 + 0.2×0.30 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$118.2 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,078, highly concentrated. $14.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $14.3 m, contracts $42,884), $21,135 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dream First Bank, National Association | $66.5 m · 56.2% share · 1 office | |
| Johnson State Bank | $51.7 m · 43.8% share · 1 office | |
| Stanton, KS | $14.4 m FY2026 · $21,135/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $7.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dream First Bank, National Association | $66,468,000 | 56.2% | 1 |
| Johnson State Bank | $51,699,000 | 43.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,078 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 56.2² + 43.8² = 5,078
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 | $7,651,435 |
| Department of Agriculture | $6,507,306 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $184,866 |
| Department of Education | $38,423 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $11,072 |
That is $21,135 per covered job, against 681 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $14.4 m / 681 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $21,135
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 | -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 #
Stanton County, KS: 7 findings, 1 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchStanton County, KS' typical home value of $151,963 scores 17 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 48 across Kansas counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |17 across US counties - 48 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteStanton County, KS' average weekly wage was 5.1% 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
- +5.1 % = 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
noteStanton County, KS' covered employment was 2.3% 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
- +2.3 % = 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
noteStanton County, KS' typical home value fell 1.0% from $153,436 in July 2026 to $151,963 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -1.0% = (151962.97305051473 - 153435.70619039037) / 153435.70619039037 × 100
- 151962.97305051473 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 153435.70619039037 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteStanton County, KS' covered employment of 681 ranks 3,098th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 4 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 7 findings in the full brief
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