Sioux County, ND
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 46.11, -101.06.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 11th pct · 2,846th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 48th pct · 28th of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
- 68th pct · 1,007th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 59th pct · 22nd 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 #
1,515 jobs at 81 employers (2026 Q1); -1.5% jobs and +3.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 11th pct · 2,846th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 48th pct · 28th of 53 North Dakota counties · median 1,520
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux County, ND | 1,515 jobs · $1,138/wk · -1.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 40 | $360 | 0.27 | -9.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 20 | $2,010 | 0.23 | -25.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 19 | $205 | 0.14 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 16 | $752 | 1.46 | +0.0% |
| Construction | 11 | $857 | 0.14 | +0.0% |
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld | |||
| Management of companies | withheld | |||
| Educational 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 #
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 #
13 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 63 % · 2 stale
Sites found: 13, 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 AT STARK BRIDGE NEAR JUDSON, ND | flow 22.2 ft³/s · quality 50 % (2) | 67 km |
| CANNONBALL RIVER NEAR RALEIGH, ND | flow 2.35 ft³/s | 21 km |
| CEDAR CREEK NEAR RALEIGH, ND | flow 0.16 ft³/s · no flooding | 21 km |
| PORCUPINE CREEK NEAR FORT YATES, ND | flow 2.37 ft³/s | 26 km |
| CANNONBALL RIVER AT BREIEN, ND | flow 7.80 ft³/s · no flooding | 31 km |
| CANNONBALL RIVER AT SOLEN, ND | flow 10.3 ft³/s | 37 km |
| GRAND RIVER AT LITTLE EAGLE, SD | flow 52.9 ft³/s · no flooding | 54 km |
| OAK CREEK NEAR RATTLESNAKE BUTTE NEAR WAKPALA, SD | flow 31.3 ft³/s · no flooding | 56 km |
| OAK CR NEAR WAKPALA,SD | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 59 km |
| HEART RIVER NR CARSON, ND | temp 0.10 °C · quality 75 % (2) · STALE | 63 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 #
4 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 4, 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-462452100380801 | depth 19.3 ft · 2026-10-05 | 47 km |
| USGS-464239100462401 | depth 11.9 ft · 1992-09-30 | 70 km |
| USGS-463429100233702 | depth 20.4 ft · 1982-01-09 | 73 km |
| USGS-464521100490302 | depth 5.92 ft · 1982-04-20 | 74 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 #
moderate (0.30)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.38 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
FDIC publishes no Summary of Deposits rows for this county. $91.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (grants $48.1 m, direct payments $32.6 m), $60,157 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| county 38085, ND | $91.1 m FY2026 · $60,157/job | |
| STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE | $28.5 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 |
|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | $27,504,661 |
| Department of the Interior | $20,559,963 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $10,720,510 |
| Social Security Administration | $10,451,801 |
| Department of Education | $8,964,214 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $7,531,868 |
| Department of Agriculture | $3,924,319 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,118,876 |
| Department of Justice | $400,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $88,994 |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | $33,000 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $31,564 |
That is $60,157 per covered job, against 1,515 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $91.1 m / 1,515 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $60,157
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 | -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.
What changed #
Sioux County, ND: 4 findings, 2 at a watch level and 2 noted
watchSioux County, ND's covered employment is -1.5% 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 = -1.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchSioux County, ND's covered employment of 1,515 scores 12 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 48 across North Dakota counties, a gap of 36 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 36 = |12 across US counties - 48 across North Dakota counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteSioux County, ND's average weekly wage was 3.8% 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
- +3.8 % = 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
noteSioux County, ND's covered employment was 1.5% 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
- -1.5 % = 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
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.