Hood River County, OR: 16 findings, 6 at a watch level and 10 noted
16 findings fired for Hood River County, OR this run, against a typical home value of $689,205 in August 2026 and covered employment of 13,510 in 2026 Q1. 4 further findings are not listed here.
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12 findings #
watchHood River County, OR's typical asking rent is +39.0% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 8 percent above a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; 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.yoyPct = 38.97025311981763 >= 8
arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's years of wages of 12.5 ranks 34th 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 = 98.92227302416721 >= 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
watchHood River County, OR's years of wages is 12.5, a watch level here: typical home value worth 10 or more years of one average covered wage (typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; 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: yearsOfWages = 12.527353343073509 >= 10
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's covered employment is -0.9% 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 = -0.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's price-to-rent ratio of 21.6 scores 82 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 50 across Oregon counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |82 across US counties - 50 across Oregon counties|
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's typical home value of +2.3% scores 43 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 74 across Oregon counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |43 across US counties - 74 across Oregon counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteHood River County, OR's average weekly wage was 4.4% 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
- +4.4 % = 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
noteHood River County, OR's covered employment was 0.9% 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
- -0.9 % = 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
noteHood River County, OR's typical home value rose 0.3% from $687,040 in July 2026 to $689,205 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (689204.8715225322 - 687040.1907687491) / 687040.1907687491 × 100
- 689204.8715225322 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 687040.1907687491 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Hood River County, OR could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.
Show the arithmetic
- not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct
the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries
noteHood River County, OR's typical home value of $689,205 ranks 1st of 36 Oregon counties, against a median of $432,775.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 36 Oregon counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteHood River County, OR's typical asking rent of $2,654 ranks 1st of 25 Oregon counties, against a median of $1,753.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 25 Oregon counties that published rent.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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