Scioto County, OH
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.81, -83.00.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 14th pct · 2,619th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 4th pct · 84th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
- 83rd pct · 521st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 83rd pct · 15th of 88 Ohio counties · median +4.2%
- US counties: not published this period
- Ohio counties: not published this period
- 74th pct · 808th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 57th pct · 38th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- 36th pct · 2,041st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 13th pct · 76th of 88 Ohio counties · median $1,081
- 16th pct · 2,553rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 8th pct · 81st 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 $145,722 (Aug 2026), +6.4% over one year, +33.9% over five
- 14th pct · 2,619th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 4th pct · 84th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Scioto County, OH | $145,722 · +6.4% 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 $798 a month on $145,722 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,238 a month: 18.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $145,722 × 80% = $116,578, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $798/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $978 × 52 / 12 = $4,238) = 19% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $145,722 / ($978 × 52) = 2.9
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 #
24,714 jobs at 1,494 employers (2026 Q1); -0.6% jobs and -0.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 74th pct · 808th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 57th pct · 38th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Scioto County, OH | 24,714 jobs · $978/wk · -0.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 8,895 | $1,051 | 2.39 | +1.2% |
| Retail trade | 2,587 | $677 | 1.07 | -4.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 2,459 | $387 | 1.11 | -3.7% |
| Manufacturing | 1,406 | $1,427 | 0.71 | -7.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 605 | $779 | 0.43 | +7.1% |
| Other services | 592 | $689 | 0.80 | +1.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 499 | $1,079 | 0.29 | -6.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 447 | $901 | 0.43 | -7.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 383 | $1,161 | 0.38 | -0.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 331 | $1,089 | 0.35 | -1.2% |
| Educational services | 157 | $645 | 0.30 | -3.1% |
| Management of companies | 145 | $1,526 | 0.35 | +4.3% |
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 #
39 gauges · 0 flooding · 3 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 9 stale
Sites found: 39, 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 PORTSMOUTH, OH | stage 15.6 ft · no flooding | 10 km |
| Big Run at Wakefield OH | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 18 km |
| OHIO RIVER AT GREENUP DAM NEAR GREENUP, KY | flow 22,000 ft³/s · no flooding | 22 km |
| Little Beaver Creek near Piketon OH | flow 2.20 ft³/s · STALE | 24 km |
| Upper Twin Creek at McGaw OH | flow 0.57 ft³/s | 27 km |
| TYGARTS CREEK NEAR GREENUP, KY | flow 4.88 ft³/s · no flooding | 28 km |
| Scioto River at Piketon OH | flow 2,930 ft³/s · no flooding | 28 km |
| KINNICONICK CREEK BELOW TRACE CREEK AT TANNERY, KY | flow 0.58 ft³/s · STALE | 36 km |
| KINNICONICK CREEK NEAR TANNERY, KY | flow 24.0 ft³/s · STALE | 36 km |
| Ohio Brush Creek near West Union OH | flow 31.5 ft³/s · no flooding | 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 #
25 wells in 4 named aquifers: Mississippian aquifers, Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions), Alluvial aquifers…
Sites found: 25, 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-384451082561900 | depth 48.0 ft · 1980-09-25 | 9 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 33.2 ft · 2026-07-05 | 15 km |
| USGS-390156083014320 | depth 17.3 ft · 1992-12-21 | 24 km |
| USGS-390156083022820 | depth 15.4 ft · 1992-12-21 | 24 km |
| USGS-390156083022830 | depth 21.5 ft · 1992-12-21 | 24 km |
| USGS-390207083024030 | depth 22.7 ft · 1992-12-21 | 25 km |
| USGS-390207083024020 | depth 22.8 ft · 1992-12-21 | 25 km |
| USGS-390224083020120 | depth 18.8 ft · 1992-12-21 | 25 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 #
$914.5 m in deposits at 16 offices of 8 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,073, highly concentrated. $509.5 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $437.2 m, contracts $43.9 m), $20,616 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association | $256.4 m · 28.0% share · 3 offices | |
| Fifth Third Bank, National Association | $192.6 m · 21.1% share · 3 offices | |
| WesBanco Bank, Inc. | $184.8 m · 20.2% share · 2 offices | |
| Scioto, OH | $509.5 m FY2026 · $20,616/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $416.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association | $256,415,000 | 28.0% | 3 |
| Fifth Third Bank, National Association | $192,620,000 | 21.1% | 3 |
| WesBanco Bank, Inc. | $184,839,000 | 20.2% | 2 |
| Peoples Bank | $155,004,000 | 17.0% | 3 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $110,742,000 | 12.1% | 2 |
| Kentucky Farmers Bank Corporation | $5,322,000 | 0.6% | 1 |
| First State Bank | $5,036,000 | 0.6% | 1 |
| Woodforest National Bank | $4,498,000 | 0.5% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,073 across 8 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 8 banks with deposits in the county = 28.0² + 21.1² + 20.2² + … (5 more) = 2,073
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 | $345,137,915 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $49,852,527 |
| Department of Defense | $42,617,643 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $19,583,277 |
| Department of Transportation | $13,851,077 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $13,228,365 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $11,436,129 |
| Department of Education | $9,539,163 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,949,739 |
| General Services Administration | $1,183,649 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,149,137 |
| Department of Justice | $32,004 |
That is $20,616 per covered job, against 24,714 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $509.5 m / 24,714 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $20,616
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 #
Scioto County, OH: 7 findings, 2 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchScioto County, OH's covered employment is -0.6% 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 = -0.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchScioto County, OH's average weekly wage is -0.3% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, 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.avgWeeklyWage = -0.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteScioto County, OH's covered employment was 0.6% 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
- -0.6 % = 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
noteScioto County, OH's average weekly wage was 0.3% 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
- -0.3 % = 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
noteScioto County, OH's typical home value of $145,722 ranks 84th of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of $219,740.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 5 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
Read all 7 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.