Columbia County, OR: 14 findings, 6 at a watch level and 8 noted
14 findings fired for Columbia County, OR this run, against a typical home value of $447,641 in August 2026 and covered employment of 12,128 in 2026 Q1. 2 further findings are not listed here.
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12 findings #
watchColumbia County, OR's years of wages of 8.1 ranks 210th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages percentile = 93.17439581972567 >= 90
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
watchColumbia County, OR's covered employment is -1.1% 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 = -1.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchColumbia County, OR's typical home value is -0.6% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -0.5911756578155072 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchColumbia County, OR's typical asking rent is -1.4% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; 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 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: rent.momPct = -1.4173641828847272 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchColumbia County, OR'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
watchColumbia County, OR's typical home value of $447,641 scores 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 60 across Oregon counties, a gap of 30 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 30 = |90 across US counties - 60 across Oregon counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteColumbia County, OR's typical asking rent fell 1.4% from $1,708 in July 2026 to $1,684 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -1.4% = (1684.1507936507935 - 1708.3645407646954) / 1708.3645407646954 × 100
- 1684.1507936507935 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1708.3645407646954 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
noteColumbia County, OR's covered employment was 1.1% 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
- -1.1 % = 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
noteColumbia County, OR'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
noteColumbia County, OR's typical home value of $447,641 ranks 7th of 7 counties in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro, against a median of $544,824.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 7 counties in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteColumbia County, OR's typical asking rent of $1,684 ranks 6th of 6 counties in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro, against a median of $1,903.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 6 counties in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro that published rent.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteColumbia County, OR's typical home value of $447,641 ranks 299th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of $234,566.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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