Meigs County, OH
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 39.09, -82.03.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 5th pct · 2,891st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 0th pct · 88th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
- 84th pct · 482nd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 85th pct · 14th of 88 Ohio counties · median +4.2%
- US counties: not published this period
- Ohio counties: not published this period
- 27th pct · 2,320th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 4th pct · 84th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- 11th pct · 2,836th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 1st pct · 87th of 88 Ohio counties · median $1,081
- 12th pct · 2,687th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 3rd pct · 85th of 88 Ohio counties · median 3.7
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 $115,811 (Aug 2026), +6.7% over one year, +2.4% over five
- 5th pct · 2,891st of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 0th pct · 88th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meigs County, OH | $115,811 · +6.7% 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
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 $634 a month on $115,811 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,692 a month: 17.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $115,811 × 80% = $92,649, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $634/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $852 × 52 / 12 = $3,692) = 17% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $115,811 / ($852 × 52) = 2.6
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 #
3,468 jobs at 350 employers (2026 Q1); +1.5% jobs and +7.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 27th pct · 2,320th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 4th pct · 84th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meigs County, OH | 3,468 jobs · $852/wk · +1.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 570 | $660 | 1.69 | -1.9% |
| Construction | 275 | $1,072 | 1.51 | +28.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 100 | $957 | 0.71 | -3.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 94 | $677 | 0.48 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 61 | $771 | 0.42 | +15.1% |
| Real estate and rental | 60 | $969 | 1.13 | -13.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Information | 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 #
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 #
41 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 11 stale
Sites found: 41, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio River at Pomeroy | observation not current | 7 km |
| Shade River near Chester OH | flow 45.3 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) · no flooding | 13 km |
| Ohio River at Racine Lock | no flooding | 22 km |
| Ohio River at Belleville Lock | no flooding | 25 km |
| Hocking River below Athens OH | flow 5,930 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| Hocking River at Athens OH | flow 617.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 27 km |
| Raccoon Creek near Bolins Mills OH | flow 51.7 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| Strongs Run near Ewington OH | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 28 km |
| Zinns Run near Radcliff OH | flow 0.02 ft³/s · STALE | 28 km |
| OHIO RIVER AT POINT PLEASANT, WV | stage 24.5 ft · no flooding | 29 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 #
17 wells in 3 named aquifers: Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions), Mississippian aquifers, Alluvial aquifers
Sites found: 17, 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-385451082062001 | depth 26.0 ft · 1988-02-29 | 21 km |
| USGS-391940082070000 | depth 20.3 ft · 1982-07-19 | 28 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 19.7 ft · 2026-07-21 | 28 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 18.6 ft · 2026-09-08 | 29 km |
| USGS-392148082185500 | depth 42.8 ft · 1982-01-10 | 39 km |
| USGS-392148082185700 | depth 34.8 ft · 1981-03-11 | 39 km |
| USGS-392159082190000 | depth 36.3 ft · 1981-11-21 | 40 km |
| USGS-392206082190400 | depth 17.8 ft · 1981-03-18 | 40 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 (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$357.2 m in deposits at 8 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,066, highly concentrated. $164.5 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $140.6 m, grants $23.9 m), $47,434 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Farmers Bank and Savings Company | $198.0 m · 55.4% share · 3 offices | |
| Home National Bank | $79.8 m · 22.3% share · 3 offices | |
| Peoples Bank | $79.4 m · 22.2% share · 2 offices | |
| Meigs, OH | $164.5 m FY2026 · $47,434/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $137.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Farmers Bank and Savings Company | $197,996,000 | 55.4% | 3 |
| Home National Bank | $79,806,000 | 22.3% | 3 |
| Peoples Bank | $79,393,000 | 22.2% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 4,066 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 = 55.4² + 22.3² + 22.2² = 4,066
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 | $122,194,865 |
| Department of Transportation | $16,421,284 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $14,416,240 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $7,661,077 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,286,937 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,078,724 |
| Department of Agriculture | $877,245 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $565,625 |
| Department of Defense | $4,800 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Department of the Treasury | -$5,000 |
That is $47,434 per covered job, against 3,468 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $164.5 m / 3,468 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $47,434
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 #
Meigs County, OH: 11 findings, 11 noted
noteMeigs County, OH's average weekly wage was 7.0% 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
- +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
noteMeigs County, OH's covered employment was 1.5% 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
- +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
noteMeigs County, OH's typical home value rose 0.8% from $114,919 in July 2026 to $115,811 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.8% = (115810.83812005578 - 114918.70760598948) / 114918.70760598948 × 100
- 115810.83812005578 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 114918.70760598948 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteMeigs County, OH's typical home value of $115,811 ranks 88th of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of $219,740.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 88 Ohio counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteMeigs County, OH's average weekly wage of $852 ranks 87th of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of $1,081.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 1 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 11 findings in the full brief
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