Vinton County, OH
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 39.25, -82.49.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 27th pct · 2,210th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 20th pct · 70th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
- 67th pct · 990th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 58th pct · 37th of 88 Ohio counties · median +4.2%
- US counties: not published this period
- Ohio counties: not published this period
- 18th pct · 2,639th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 88th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- 24th pct · 2,443rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 6th pct · 81st of 88 Ohio counties · median $1,081
- 37th pct · 1,911th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 48th pct · 46th 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 $179,368 (Aug 2026), +4.5% over one year, +21.7% over five
- 27th pct · 2,210th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 20th pct · 70th of 88 Ohio counties · median $219,740
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vinton County, OH | $179,368 · +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
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 $982 a month on $179,368 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,004 a month: 24.5% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $179,368 × 80% = $143,494, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $982/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $924 × 52 / 12 = $4,004) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $179,368 / ($924 × 52) = 3.7
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 #
2,213 jobs at 216 employers (2026 Q1); 0.0% jobs and +6.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 18th pct · 2,639th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 88th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vinton County, OH | 2,213 jobs · $924/wk · 0.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 437 | $1,203 | 2.45 | +0.5% |
| Health care and social assistance | 388 | $677 | 1.17 | -4.2% |
| Retail trade | 173 | $445 | 0.80 | -3.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 117 | $896 | 1.25 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
36 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 10 stale
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Raccoon Creek near Bolins Mills OH | flow 51.7 ft³/s · STALE | 17 km |
| Zinns Run near Radcliff OH | flow 0.02 ft³/s · STALE | 18 km |
| Little Raccoon Creek near Ewington OH | flow 26.0 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| Strongs Run near Ewington OH | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 28 km |
| Monday Creek at Doanville OH | flow 13.1 ft³/s · STALE | 33 km |
| Scioto River at Higby OH | flow 2,250 ft³/s | 33 km |
| Hocking River at Enterprise OH | flow 290.0 ft³/s | 35 km |
| Hocking River at Athens OH | flow 602.0 ft³/s | 35 km |
| Snow Fork Monday Creek at Buchtel OH | flow 10.0 ft³/s · STALE | 36 km |
| Clear Creek near Rockbridge OH | flow 53.4 ft³/s | 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 #
45 wells in 2 named aquifers: Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions), Mississippian aquifers
Sites found: 45, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippian aquifers | depth 95.0 ft · 2026-04-07 | 1 km |
| Mississippian aquifers | depth 54.1 ft · 2026-10-05 | 10 km |
| USGS-392148082185700 | depth 34.8 ft · 1981-03-11 | 19 km |
| USGS-392148082185500 | depth 42.8 ft · 1982-01-10 | 19 km |
| USGS-392159082190000 | depth 36.3 ft · 1981-11-21 | 19 km |
| USGS-392206082190400 | depth 17.8 ft · 1981-03-18 | 19 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 12.2 ft · 2026-07-22 | 31 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 14.9 ft · 2026-03-20 | 32 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 #
$212.2 m in deposits at 2 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $78.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $69.5 m, grants $9.2 m), $35,563 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| THE VINTON COUNTY NATIONAL BANK | $212.2 m · 100.0% share · 2 offices | |
| Vinton, OH | $78.7 m FY2026 · $35,563/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $67.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE VINTON COUNTY NATIONAL BANK | $212,211,000 | 100.0% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 10,000 across 1 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 1 banks with deposits in the county = 100.0² = 10,000
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 | $58,153,747 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $8,443,852 |
| Department of Transportation | $8,388,704 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,372,188 |
| Department of Agriculture | $990,134 |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | $613,000 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $485,622 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $254,431 |
That is $35,563 per covered job, against 2,213 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $78.7 m / 2,213 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $35,563
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 #
Vinton County, OH: 5 findings, 5 noted
noteVinton County, OH's average weekly wage was 6.3% 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
- +6.3 % = 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
noteVinton County, OH's typical home value fell 0.4% from $180,029 in July 2026 to $179,368 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.4% = (179368.01233372084 - 180029.06934664512) / 180029.06934664512 × 100
- 179368.01233372084 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 180029.06934664512 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteVinton County, OH's covered employment of 2,213 ranks 88th of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of 20,657.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 88 Ohio counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteVinton County, OH's average weekly wage of $924 ranks 81st of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of $1,081.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 7 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
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Vinton 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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