Grant County, ND
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 46.36, -101.64.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 3rd pct · 3,120th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 7th pct · 49th of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
- 39th pct · 1,930th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 23rd pct · 41st of 53 North Dakota counties · median $1,064
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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
- North Dakota 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
- North Dakota 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 #
622 jobs at 112 employers (2026 Q1); +0.2% jobs and +5.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 3rd pct · 3,120th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 7th pct · 49th of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Grant County, ND | 622 jobs · $995/wk · +0.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 171 | $1,075 | 1.83 | -1.7% |
| Retail trade | 58 | $440 | 0.96 | +18.4% |
| Manufacturing | 41 | $971 | 0.82 | +0.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 38 | $1,510 | 1.59 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 22 | $1,967 | 0.62 | +4.8% |
| Construction | 21 | $1,348 | 0.64 | +61.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 12 | $871 | 0.28 | +9.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 11 | $1,224 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | 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 #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
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 #
14 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 63 % · 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HEART RIVER NEAR MANDAN, ND | flow 24.1 ft³/s · quality 50 % (2) · no flooding | 73 km |
| HEART RIVER AT STARK BRIDGE NEAR JUDSON, ND | flow 11.5 ft³/s · quality 50 % (2) | 50 km |
| HEART RIVER NR CARSON, ND | temp 0.10 °C · quality 75 % (2) · STALE | 23 km |
| HEART R BELOW HEART BUTTE DAM NR GLEN ULLIN, ND | temp 3.60 °C · quality 75 % (2) · STALE | 29 km |
| Heart River at Heart Butte Dam | no readings | 29 km |
| CANNONBALL RIVER NEAR RALEIGH, ND | flow 2.63 ft³/s | 35 km |
| CEDAR CREEK NEAR RALEIGH, ND | flow 0.16 ft³/s · no flooding | 38 km |
| HEART RIVER AB LAKE TSCHIDA NEAR GLEN ULLIN, ND | flow 9.33 ft³/s | 47 km |
| CANNONBALL RIVER AT BREIEN, ND | flow 7.80 ft³/s · no flooding | 54 km |
| CANNONBALL RIVER AT SOLEN, ND | flow 8.80 ft³/s | 64 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 #
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 (0.30)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.38 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$129.1 m in deposits at 3 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,653, highly concentrated. $27.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $19.6 m, grants $8.1 m), $44,676 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First International Bank & Trust | $59.5 m · 46.1% share · 1 office | |
| Dakota Community Bank & Trust, National Association | $42.8 m · 33.1% share · 1 office | |
| Grant County State Bank | $26.8 m · 20.8% share · 1 office | |
| Grant, ND | $27.8 m FY2026 · $44,676/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $14.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First International Bank & Trust | $59,509,000 | 46.1% | 1 |
| Dakota Community Bank & Trust, National Association | $42,776,000 | 33.1% | 1 |
| Grant County State Bank | $26,844,000 | 20.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,653 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 46.1² + 33.1² + 20.8² = 3,653
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 | $12,446,623 |
| Department of Transportation | $8,067,056 |
| Department of Agriculture | $5,341,883 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,667,098 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $116,817 |
| Department of the Interior | $85,114 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $41,456 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $22,228 |
That is $44,676 per covered job, against 622 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $27.8 m / 622 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $44,676
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 | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| 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 #
Grant County, ND: 4 findings, 4 noted
noteGrant County, ND's average weekly wage 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
noteGrant County, ND's covered employment was 0.2% 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
- +0.2 % = 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
noteGrant County, ND's covered employment of 622 ranks 3,120th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 3 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
noteGrant County, ND's covered employment of 622 ranks 49th of 53 North Dakota counties, against a median of 1,520.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 8 on the 0-to-100 scale across 53 North Dakota counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.