Hocking County, OH
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 39.49, -82.48.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 66th pct · 1,034th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 82nd pct · 16th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
- 22nd pct · 8th of 10 counties in the Columbus metro · median $325,620
- 66th pct · 1,023rd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 55th pct · 40th of 88 Ohio counties · median +4.2%
- 88th pct · 2nd of 10 counties in the Columbus metro · median +1.9%
- US counties: not published this period
- Ohio counties: not published this period
- counties in the Columbus metro: not published this period
- 47th pct · 1,700th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 12th pct · 77th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- 22nd pct · 8th of 10 counties in the Columbus metro · median 29,630
- 6th pct · 3,005th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 0th pct · 88th of 88 Ohio counties · median $1,081
- 0th pct · 10th of 10 counties in the Columbus metro · median $1,115
- 87th pct · 387th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 98th pct · 2nd of 88 Ohio counties · median 3.7
- 100th pct · 1st of 10 counties in the Columbus metro · median 5.6
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 #
Typical home $286,890 (Aug 2026), +4.5% over one year, +27.4% over five
- 66th pct · 1,034th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 82nd pct · 16th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
- 22nd pct · 8th of 10 counties in the Columbus metro · median $325,620
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hocking County, OH | $286,890 · +4.5% 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.
Rents #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Ohio counties: not published this period
- counties in the Columbus metro: 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 #
Principal and interest of $1,570 a month on $286,890 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,471 a month: 45.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $286,890 × 80% = $229,512, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,570/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $801 × 52 / 12 = $3,471) = 45% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $286,890 / ($801 × 52) = 6.9
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.
Jobs & wages #
7,395 jobs at 589 employers (2026 Q1); +1.8% jobs and +3.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 47th pct · 1,700th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 12th pct · 77th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- 22nd pct · 8th of 10 counties in the Columbus metro · median 29,630
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hocking County, OH | 7,395 jobs · $801/wk · +1.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 1,320 | $355 | 1.99 | +3.5% |
| Retail trade | 936 | $639 | 1.30 | +9.5% |
| Manufacturing | 864 | $869 | 1.45 | -10.9% |
| Health care and social assistance | 679 | $894 | 0.61 | +6.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 499 | $588 | 0.98 | +12.9% |
| Construction | 293 | $1,026 | 0.76 | +3.9% |
| Other services | 164 | $754 | 0.74 | +3.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 157 | $1,147 | 0.55 | +21.7% |
| Real estate and rental | 135 | $724 | 1.19 | -8.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 107 | $1,247 | 0.36 | -1.8% |
| Educational services | 62 | $1,028 | 0.39 | +10.7% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 35 | $456 | 0.29 | -23.9% |
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 #
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 #
67 gauges · 0 flooding · 3 with quality panels averaging 97 % · 15 stale
Sites found: 67, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hocking River at Enterprise OH | flow 285.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 8 km |
| Clear Creek near Rockbridge OH | flow 52.1 ft³/s | 14 km |
| Monday Creek at Doanville OH | flow 13.1 ft³/s · STALE | 26 km |
| Hocking River at Lancaster OH | flow 33.1 ft³/s | 26 km |
| Snow Fork Monday Creek at Buchtel OH | flow 10.0 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| Raccoon Creek near Bolins Mills OH | flow 51.7 ft³/s · STALE | 34 km |
| Sunday Creek below Millfield OH | flow 11.6 ft³/s · STALE | 34 km |
| Sunday Creek at Glouster OH | stage 3.02 ft · no flooding | 34 km |
| Sunday Creek near Burr Oak OH | stage 7.24 ft | 36 km |
| Sunday Creek at Tom Jenkins Dam (Burr Oak Lake) | no readings | 37 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 #
78 wells in 3 named aquifers: Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions), Mississippian aquifers, Silurian-Devonian aquifers
Sites found: 78, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 14.9 ft · 2026-03-20 | 9 km |
| Mississippian aquifers | depth 54.1 ft · 2026-10-05 | 17 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 19.6 ft · 2026-07-22 | 19 km |
| Mississippian aquifers | depth 22.2 ft · 2026-07-22 | 19 km |
| USGS-392206082190400 | depth 17.8 ft · 1981-03-18 | 20 km |
| USGS-392159082190000 | depth 36.3 ft · 1981-11-21 | 20 km |
| USGS-392148082185700 | depth 34.8 ft · 1981-03-11 | 20 km |
| USGS-392148082185500 | depth 42.8 ft · 1982-01-10 | 20 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 #
low (0.01)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.03 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$492.5 m in deposits at 8 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,483, highly concentrated. $190.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $169.0 m, grants $20.5 m), $25,748 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| THE VINTON COUNTY NATIONAL BANK | $166.4 m · 33.8% share · 2 offices | |
| The Merchants National Bank | $144.7 m · 29.4% share · 2 offices | |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $76.5 m · 15.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Hocking, OH | $190.4 m FY2026 · $25,748/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $163.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE VINTON COUNTY NATIONAL BANK | $166,397,000 | 33.8% | 2 |
| The Merchants National Bank | $144,657,000 | 29.4% | 2 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $76,450,000 | 15.5% | 2 |
| The Park National Bank | $63,642,000 | 12.9% | 1 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $41,362,000 | 8.4% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,483 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 33.8² + 29.4² + 15.5² + … (2 more) = 2,483
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 | $144,463,693 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $18,637,603 |
| Department of Transportation | $17,885,852 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $4,385,760 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,742,914 |
| Department of Education | $1,832,661 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $388,469 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $60,431 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $5,749 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Department of Justice | $0 |
That is $25,748 per covered job, against 7,395 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $190.4 m / 7,395 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $25,748
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 #
Hocking County, OH: 9 findings, 1 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchHocking County, OH's covered employment of 7,395 scores 47 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 13 across Ohio counties, a gap of 35 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 35 = |47 across US counties - 13 across Ohio counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteHocking County, OH's average weekly wage was 3.9% 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
- +3.9 % = 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
noteHocking County, OH's covered employment was 1.8% 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
- +1.8 % = 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
noteHocking County, OH's average weekly wage of $801 ranks 10th of 10 counties in the Columbus metro, against a median of $1,115.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 10 counties in the Columbus metro that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteHocking County, OH's average weekly wage of $801 ranks 88th of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of $1,081.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 88 Ohio counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 9 findings in the full brief
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