Le Sueur County, MN
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 44.37, -93.73.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 80th pct · 608th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 86th pct · 13th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $276,116
- 21st pct · 12th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $388,061
- 49th pct · 1,537th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 33rd pct · 58th of 87 Minnesota counties · median +4.1%
- 92nd pct · 2nd of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median +1.8%
- 49th pct · 703rd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 64th pct · 14th of 38 Minnesota counties · median $1,295
- 23rd pct · 11th of 14 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,686
- 49th pct · 1,639th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 51st pct · 43rd of 87 Minnesota counties · median 7,739
- 0th pct · 15th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 39,512
- 62nd pct · 1,201st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 48th pct · 45th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $1,102
- 21st pct · 12th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,216
- 81st pct · 572nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 82nd pct · 16th of 87 Minnesota counties · median 4.6
- 35th pct · 10th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 6.4
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 $356,839 (Aug 2026), +2.9% over one year, +21.4% over five
- 80th pct · 608th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 86th pct · 13th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $276,116
- 21st pct · 12th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $388,061
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur County, MN | $356,839 · +2.9% 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 #
Typical rent $1,495/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 19.9
- 49th pct · 703rd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 64th pct · 14th of 38 Minnesota counties · median $1,295
- 23rd pct · 11th of 14 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,686
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur County, MN | $1,495/mo · n/a 1-yr |
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 $1,953 a month on $356,839 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,771 a month: 40.9% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $356,839 × 80% = $285,471, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,953/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,101 × 52 / 12 = $4,771) = 41% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $356,839 / ($1,101 × 52) = 6.2
- price-to-rent = $356,839 / ($1,495 × 12) = 19.9
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 #
7,956 jobs at 768 employers (2026 Q1); +1.8% jobs and +0.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 49th pct · 1,639th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 51st pct · 43rd of 87 Minnesota counties · median 7,739
- 0th pct · 15th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 39,512
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur County, MN | 7,956 jobs · $1,101/wk · +1.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,496 | $1,514 | 3.90 | -1.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 853 | $692 | 0.71 | +18.3% |
| Retail trade | 810 | $532 | 1.04 | -3.1% |
| Construction | 453 | $1,636 | 1.09 | +7.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 386 | $332 | 0.54 | -3.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 253 | $815 | 0.75 | +2.0% |
| Other services | 209 | $584 | 0.88 | +7.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 199 | $1,462 | 0.61 | -3.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 134 | $1,324 | 0.24 | -5.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 51 | $367 | 0.39 | -35.4% |
| Educational services | 44 | $307 | 0.26 | -4.3% |
| Information | 41 | $2,075 | 0.28 | +0.0% |
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 #
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 #
$810.4 m in deposits at 11 offices of 8 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,393, moderately concentrated. $178.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $169.9 m, grants $7.4 m), $22,390 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Bank & Trust | $159.8 m · 19.7% share · 1 office | |
| Frandsen Bank & Trust | $143.3 m · 17.7% share · 2 offices | |
| The First National Bank of Le Center | $127.5 m · 15.7% share · 1 office | |
| Le Sueur, MN | $178.1 m FY2026 · $22,390/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $154.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Bank & Trust | $159,810,000 | 19.7% | 1 |
| Frandsen Bank & Trust | $143,272,000 | 17.7% | 2 |
| The First National Bank of Le Center | $127,536,000 | 15.7% | 1 |
| Cornerstone State Bank | $85,746,000 | 10.6% | 2 |
| HomeTown Bank | $81,261,000 | 10.0% | 2 |
| First Farmers & Merchants Bank | $79,993,000 | 9.9% | 1 |
| Elysian Bank | $66,432,000 | 8.2% | 1 |
| First State Bank of Le Center | $66,311,000 | 8.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,393 across 8 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 8 banks with deposits in the county = 19.7² + 17.7² + 15.7² + … (5 more) = 1,393
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 | $141,782,949 |
| Department of Agriculture | $13,487,235 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $12,485,806 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,707,335 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,943,984 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,110,225 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $316,566 |
| Department of Justice | $173,492 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $66,743 |
| Small Business Administration | $32,231 |
| Department of the Treasury | $26,035 |
That is $22,390 per covered job, against 7,956 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $178.1 m / 7,956 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $22,390
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 #
Le Sueur County, MN: 9 findings, 9 noted
noteLe Sueur County, MN's covered employment was 1.8% 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
- +1.8 % = 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
noteLe Sueur County, MN's average weekly wage was 0.5% 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
- +0.5 % = 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
notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Le Sueur County, MN could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.
Show the arithmetic
- not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct
the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries
noteLe Sueur County, MN's covered employment of 7,956 ranks 15th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro, against a median of 39,512.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLe Sueur County, MN's typical home value of +2.9% ranks 2nd of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro, against a median of +1.8%.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 93 on the 0-to-100 scale across 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro that published home.yoyPct
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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.