Esmeralda County, NV
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 37.78, -117.63.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 0th pct · 3,194th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 17th of 17 Nevada counties · median 9,161
- 90th pct · 314th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 50th pct · 9th of 17 Nevada counties · median $1,424
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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 #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Nevada counties: not published this period
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 #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Nevada 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 #
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 #
277 jobs at 29 employers (2026 Q1); +1.1% jobs and +6.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 0th pct · 3,194th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 17th of 17 Nevada counties · median 9,161
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 277 jobs · $1,424/wk · +1.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining, oil and gas | 111 | $2,506 | 112.54 | +9.9% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 27 | $848 | 13.49 | -10.0% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Retail trade | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld | |||
| Administrative and waste services | withheld | |||
| Accommodation and food 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 #
1 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WALKER LAKE NR HAWTHORNE, NV | 3,914 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 141 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 #
No gauges within 75 km (descend below 1,500 km to load them)
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 #
moderate (0.25)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
FDIC publishes no Summary of Deposits rows for this county. $8.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $6.3 m, grants $1.4 m), $29,334 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| county 32009, NV | $8.1 m FY2026 · $29,334/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $6.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
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 | $5,562,081 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,399,805 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $598,035 |
| Department of Agriculture | $345,551 |
| General Services Administration | $116,126 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $54,426 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $40,468 |
| Department of Education | $8,978 |
That is $29,334 per covered job, against 277 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $8.1 m / 277 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $29,334
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 #
Esmeralda County, NV: 8 findings, 2 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchEsmeralda County, NV's average weekly wage of $1,424 scores 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 50 across Nevada counties, a gap of 40 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 40 = |90 across US counties - 50 across Nevada counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchEsmeralda County, NV's covered employment of +1.1% scores 71 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 34 across Nevada counties, a gap of 37 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 37 = |71 across US counties - 34 across Nevada counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteEsmeralda County, NV's average weekly wage was 6.0% 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
- +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
noteEsmeralda County, NV's covered employment was 1.1% 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
- +1.1 % = 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
noteEsmeralda County, NV's covered employment of 277 ranks 17th of 17 Nevada counties, against a median of 9,161.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 17 Nevada counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
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