68th pct · 978th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
Home value, one year
+1.3%
as of August 2026
31st pct · 2,097th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
Typical rent
$1,657
as of August 2026
62nd pct · 519th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
Jobs
89,295
as of 2026 Q1-01
89th pct · 334th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
Average weekly wage
$1,222
as of 2026 Q1-01
78th pct · 697th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
Years of wages per home
4.6
57th pct · 1,310th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
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.
Typical home $293,908 (Aug 2026), +1.3% over one year, +30.7% over five
68th pct · 978th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
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.
Item
Value
Distance
Catawba County
$293,908 · +1.3% 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.
Principal and interest of $1,609 a month on $293,908 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,295 a month: 30.4% of one job’s pay.
payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $293,908 × 80% = $235,126, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,609/mo principal and interest
wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,222 × 52 / 12 = $5,295) = 30% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
years of wages = $293,908 / ($1,222 × 52) = 4.6
price-to-rent = $293,908 / ($1,657 × 12) = 14.8
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.
89,295 jobs at 5,269 employers (2026 Q1); -0.2% jobs and +5.7% average weekly wage over the year
89th pct · 334th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
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.
Item
Value
Distance
Catawba County
89,295 jobs · $1,222/wk · -0.2% YoY
BLS QCEW, all ownerships, third month of the quarter. A location quotient of 1.00 means this county has the national share of its jobs in that sector; 2.00 means twice it. A withheld row is a BLS disclosure code N: the cell is absent, not zero.
NAICS sector
Jobs
Avg weekly wage
Location quotient
Jobs over the year
Manufacturing
23,550
$1,466
3.28
+0.8%
Retail trade
10,108
$731
1.16
+0.6%
Health care and social assistance
9,551
$1,157
0.71
+2.8%
Accommodation and food services
7,722
$422
0.96
-0.8%
Wholesale trade
4,570
$1,958
1.34
-2.5%
Administrative and waste services
4,350
$812
0.86
-3.4%
Transportation and warehousing
4,152
$1,053
1.10
-15.9%
Professional and technical services
2,622
$1,797
0.43
-0.6%
Other services
1,849
$828
0.69
+2.8%
Management of companies
1,653
$3,528
1.11
+7.3%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
1,345
$409
0.92
+7.8%
Finance and insurance
1,240
$1,534
0.34
-3.0%
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.
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These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
The national indicator set, unfiltered by place.
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
16.50
2026-09-30
-11.7%
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 · %
71.30
2026-10-01
+0.1%
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 · %
4.10
2026-08-01
+0.0%
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.
FIPS 37035, NC: 7 findings, 1 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchFIPS 37035, NC's covered employment is -0.2% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteFIPS 37035, NC's average weekly wage was 5.7% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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+5.7 % = 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
noteFIPS 37035, NC's typical asking rent rose 0.6% from $1,647 in July 2026 to $1,657 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
noteFIPS 37035, NC's covered employment was 0.2% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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-0.2 % = 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
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering FIPS 37035, NC is due between 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
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window = 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date