Rolette County, ND
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 48.77, -99.84.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
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- 34th pct · 2,097th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 76th pct · 13th of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
- 45th pct · 1,764th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 44th pct · 30th of 53 North Dakota counties · median $1,064
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- North Dakota counties: not published this period
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 #
4,607 jobs at 298 employers (2026 Q1); -0.5% jobs and +2.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 34th pct · 2,097th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 76th pct · 13th of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rolette County, ND | 4,607 jobs · $1,018/wk · -0.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 477 | $490 | 1.06 | +1.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 162 | $239 | 0.39 | +7.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 129 | $849 | 0.73 | +0.0% |
| Construction | 102 | $797 | 0.42 | -8.1% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 60 | $332 | 0.79 | +66.7% |
| Manufacturing | 44 | $644 | 0.12 | -15.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 36 | $1,255 | 0.14 | -36.8% |
| Other services | 30 | $491 | 0.22 | +11.1% |
| Information | 29 | $709 | 0.34 | +26.1% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 14 | $994 | 0.42 | -12.5% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | 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 #
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 #
$394.7 m in deposits at 5 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,198, highly concentrated. $58.5 m federal obligations in FY2026 (grants $40.2 m, contracts $18.3 m), $12,696 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dacotah Bank | $182.6 m · 46.3% share · 1 office | |
| Turtle Mountain State Bank | $99.8 m · 25.3% share · 1 office | |
| Starion Bank | $66.2 m · 16.8% share · 2 offices | |
| Rolette, ND | $58.5 m FY2026 · $12,696/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $56.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dacotah Bank | $182,615,000 | 46.3% | 1 |
| Turtle Mountain State Bank | $99,815,000 | 25.3% | 1 |
| Starion Bank | $66,235,000 | 16.8% | 2 |
| Rolette State Bank | $45,998,000 | 11.7% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,198 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 46.3² + 25.3² + 16.8² + … (1 more) = 3,198
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 | $50,889,337 |
| Department of the Interior | $24,364,974 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $15,124,686 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $14,916,349 |
| Department of Agriculture | $14,227,505 |
| Department of Education | $13,368,812 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,977,426 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $4,753,223 |
| National Science Foundation | $2,229,882 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | $139,939 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $122,790 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $61,922 |
That is $12,696 per covered job, against 4,607 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $58.5 m / 4,607 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $12,696
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 #
Rolette County, ND: 5 findings, 2 at a watch level and 3 noted
watchRolette County, ND's covered employment is -0.5% 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchRolette County, ND's covered employment of 4,607 scores 35 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 77 across North Dakota counties, a gap of 42 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 42 = |35 across US counties - 77 across North Dakota counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteRolette County, ND's average weekly wage was 2.4% 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
- +2.4 % = 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
noteRolette County, ND's covered employment was 0.5% lower 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
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering Rolette County, ND is due between 2026-10-30 and 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-30 to 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.