Pike County, OH
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 39.07, -83.05.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 25th pct · 2,286th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 16th pct · 74th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
- 60th pct · 1,201st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 44th pct · 49th of 88 Ohio counties · median +4.2%
- US counties: not published this period
- Ohio counties: not published this period
- 56th pct · 1,410th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 20th pct · 70th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- 81st pct · 604th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 83rd pct · 15th of 88 Ohio counties · median $1,081
- 13th pct · 2,648th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 6th pct · 82nd 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 $173,844 (Aug 2026), +3.9% over one year, +15.4% over five
- 25th pct · 2,286th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 16th pct · 74th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pike County, OH | $173,844 · +3.9% 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 $952 a month on $173,844 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,430 a month: 17.5% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $173,844 × 80% = $139,075, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $952/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,253 × 52 / 12 = $5,430) = 18% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $173,844 / ($1,253 × 52) = 2.7
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 #
10,648 jobs at 621 employers (2026 Q1); +0.8% jobs and +2.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 56th pct · 1,410th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 20th pct · 70th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pike County, OH | 10,648 jobs · $1,253/wk · +0.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative and waste services | 2,252 | $2,102 | 3.72 | -2.4% |
| Retail trade | 1,089 | $599 | 1.05 | -2.2% |
| Manufacturing | 994 | $1,584 | 1.16 | +25.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 715 | $950 | 1.59 | -1.5% |
| Construction | 418 | $1,434 | 0.75 | -8.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 269 | $1,088 | 0.62 | +2.3% |
| Other services | 148 | $651 | 0.47 | -6.3% |
| Real estate and rental | 53 | $1,208 | 0.32 | -11.7% |
| Information | 21 | $1,412 | 0.11 | -8.7% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | 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 #
35 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 9 stale
Sites found: 35, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scioto River at Piketon OH | flow 2,980 ft³/s | 3 km |
| Little Beaver Creek near Piketon OH | flow 2.20 ft³/s · STALE | 6 km |
| Big Run at Wakefield OH | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 11 km |
| Scioto River at Higby OH | flow 2,260 ft³/s | 23 km |
| Paint Creek near Bourneville OH | flow 385.0 ft³/s | 24 km |
| Paint Creek at Chillicothe OH | flow 449.0 ft³/s | 28 km |
| Scioto River at Chillicothe OH | flow 2,230 ft³/s | 31 km |
| Paint Creek near Bainbridge OH | flow 11.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 33 km |
| Rocky Fork near Barretts Mills OH | flow 49.4 ft³/s | 33 km |
| OHIO RIVER AT PORTSMOUTH, OH | stage 15.8 ft | 38 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 #
36 wells in 3 named aquifers: Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions), Silurian-Devonian aquifers, Mississippian aquifers
Sites found: 36, 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-390244083023020 | depth 15.4 ft · 1992-12-21 | 3 km |
| USGS-390241083020520 | depth 13.3 ft · 1993-07-29 | 3 km |
| USGS-390229083025020 | depth 15.8 ft · 1992-12-21 | 3 km |
| USGS-390229083022920 | depth 16.3 ft · 1992-10-04 | 3 km |
| USGS-390239083015120 | depth 14.7 ft · 1992-12-16 | 4 km |
| USGS-390239083015130 | depth 16.8 ft · 1992-12-16 | 4 km |
| USGS-390233083015520 | depth 18.6 ft · 1992-12-21 | 4 km |
| USGS-390224083020120 | depth 18.8 ft · 1992-12-21 | 4 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 #
$280.9 m in deposits at 6 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,977, highly concentrated. $582.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $393.1 m, direct payments $172.4 m), $54,667 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The First National Bank of Waverly | $172.6 m · 61.4% share · 4 offices | |
| The Ohio Valley Bank Company | $96.8 m · 34.4% share · 1 office | |
| Peoples Bank | $11.6 m · 4.1% share · 1 office | |
| Pike, OH | $582.1 m FY2026 · $54,667/job | |
| SOUTHERN OHIO CLEANUP COMPANY LLC | $377.3 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The First National Bank of Waverly | $172,575,000 | 61.4% | 4 |
| The Ohio Valley Bank Company | $96,767,000 | 34.4% | 1 |
| Peoples Bank | $11,589,000 | 4.1% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 4,977 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 = 61.4² + 34.4² + 4.1² = 4,977
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 Energy | $392,470,532 |
| Social Security Administration | $144,995,885 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $19,190,886 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $8,379,620 |
| Department of Transportation | $5,948,652 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $4,922,946 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,840,880 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,298,272 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $975,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $848,934 |
| General Services Administration | $809,914 |
| Department of Defense | $358,772 |
That is $54,667 per covered job, against 10,648 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $582.1 m / 10,648 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $54,667
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 #
Pike County, OH: 5 findings, 1 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchPike County, OH's covered employment of 10,648 scores 56 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 21 across Ohio counties, a gap of 36 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 36 = |56 across US counties - 21 across Ohio counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
notePike County, OH's average weekly wage was 2.2% 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
- +2.2 % = 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
notePike County, OH's covered employment was 0.8% 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
- +0.8 % = 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
notePike County, OH's years of wages of 2.7 ranks 82nd of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of 3.7.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 7 on the 0-to-100 scale across 88 Ohio counties that published yearsOfWages
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Pike County, OH is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
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