Guadalupe County, NM
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.87, -104.78.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 12th pct · 2,832nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 18th pct · 27th of 33 New Mexico counties · median 8,227
- 8th pct · 2,934th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 6th pct · 31st of 33 New Mexico counties · median $968
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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
- New Mexico 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
- New Mexico 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 #
1,547 jobs at 170 employers (2026 Q1); +5.5% jobs and +5.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 12th pct · 2,832nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 18th pct · 27th of 33 New Mexico counties · median 8,227
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe County, NM | 1,547 jobs · $828/wk · +5.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 309 | $422 | 2.22 | -0.3% |
| Retail trade | 255 | $698 | 1.69 | +0.4% |
| Health care and social assistance | 193 | $1,036 | 0.83 | -0.5% |
| Construction | 32 | $568 | 0.39 | -23.8% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
D2 severe 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 #
4 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MCCLURE RESERVOIR NEAR SANTA FE N MEX | 1,242 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 132 km |
| UTE RESERVOIR NEAR LOGAN, NM | 184,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 133 km |
| NICHOLS RESERVOIR NEAR SANTA FE N MEX | 539.3 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 135 km |
| NAMBE FALLS RESERVOIR NEAR NAMBE, NM | 1,653 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 149 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 #
14 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 3 stale
Sites found: 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PECOS RIVER AT SANTA ROSA, NM | flow 65.0 ft³/s · STALE | 11 km |
| PECOS RIVER BELOW SANTA ROSA DAM, NM | flow 0.02 ft³/s | 19 km |
| PECOS RIVER ABOVE SANTA ROSA LAKE, NM | flow 602.0 ft³/s | 21 km |
| PECOS R ABV CANON DEL UTA NR COLONIAS, NM | flow 765.0 ft³/s | 25 km |
| LOS ESTEROS CREEK ABOVE SANTA ROSA LAKE, NM | flow 0.24 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| PECOS RIVER NEAR PUERTO DE LUNA, NM | flow 79.5 ft³/s · no flooding | 28 km |
| GALLINAS R NR COLONIAS, NM | flow 13.7 ft³/s · no flooding | 36 km |
| PECOS RIVER NEAR ANTON CHICO, NM | flow 497.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 45 km |
| PECOS RIVER BELOW SUMNER DAM, NM | flow 0.21 ft³/s | 47 km |
| FORT SUMNER MAIN CANAL NEAR FORT SUMNER, NM | flow 0.74 ft³/s | 61 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 #
1 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 1, 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-350414104485101 | depth 361.0 ft · 2026-10-06 | 22 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 (0.50)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$39.0 m in deposits at 1 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $46.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $25.5 m, grants $21.3 m), $30,249 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| UMB Bank, National Association | $39.0 m · 100.0% share · 1 office | |
| Guadalupe, NM | $46.8 m FY2026 · $30,249/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $24.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMB Bank, National Association | $38,983,000 | 100.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 10,000 across 1 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 1 banks with deposits in the county = 100.0² = 10,000
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 |
|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | $21,129,829 |
| Social Security Administration | $19,819,438 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $3,972,020 |
| Department of Agriculture | $813,821 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $345,087 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $261,759 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $260,396 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $100,000 |
| Department of Defense | $79,170 |
| Department of Education | $13,743 |
That is $30,249 per covered job, against 1,547 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $46.8 m / 1,547 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $30,249
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 #
Guadalupe County, NM: 8 findings, 8 noted
noteGuadalupe County, NM's covered employment was 5.5% 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
- +5.5 % = 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
noteGuadalupe County, NM's average weekly wage was 5.3% 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
- +5.3 % = 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
noteGuadalupe County, NM's momentum index of 0.95 ranks 1st of 33 New Mexico counties, against a median of 0.20.
Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 33 New Mexico counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteGuadalupe County, NM's momentum index of 0.95 ranks 30th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.
Show the arithmetic
- 99 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteGuadalupe County, NM's covered employment of +5.5% ranks 167th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of -0.2%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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.