Washington County, PA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 40.20, -80.25.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 52nd pct · 1,466th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 56th pct · 30th of 67 Pennsylvania counties · median $233,681
- 71st pct · 3rd of 8 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median $212,590
- 46th pct · 1,651st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 37th pct · 42nd of 67 Pennsylvania counties · median +3.4%
- 71st pct · 3rd of 8 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median -0.2%
- 36th pct · 891st of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 51st pct · 24th of 48 Pennsylvania counties · median $1,349
- 66th pct · 3rd of 7 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median $1,082
- 89th pct · 337th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 74th pct · 18th of 67 Pennsylvania counties · median 27,809
- 71st pct · 3rd of 8 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median 68,448
- 95th pct · 130th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 92nd pct · 6th of 67 Pennsylvania counties · median $1,102
- 85th pct · 2nd of 8 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median $1,211
- 15th pct · 2,597th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 19th pct · 54th of 67 Pennsylvania counties · median 3.8
- 28th pct · 6th of 8 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median 3.0
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 $240,972 (Aug 2026), +2.6% over one year, +14.1% over five
- 52nd pct · 1,466th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 56th pct · 30th of 67 Pennsylvania counties · median $233,681
- 71st pct · 3rd of 8 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median $212,590
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County, PA | $240,972 · +2.6% 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 #
Typical rent $1,350/mo (Aug 2026), +3.9% over one year; price-to-rent 14.9
- 36th pct · 891st of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 51st pct · 24th of 48 Pennsylvania counties · median $1,349
- 66th pct · 3rd of 7 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median $1,082
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County, PA | $1,350/mo · +3.9% 1-yr |
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 $1,319 a month on $240,972 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,237 a month: 18.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $240,972 × 80% = $192,777, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,319/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,670 × 52 / 12 = $7,237) = 18% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $240,972 / ($1,670 × 52) = 2.8
- price-to-rent = $240,972 / ($1,350 × 12) = 14.9
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 #
88,595 jobs at 5,818 employers (2026 Q1); +0.5% jobs and +2.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 89th pct · 337th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 74th pct · 18th of 67 Pennsylvania counties · median 27,809
- 71st pct · 3rd of 8 counties in the Pittsburgh metro · median 68,448
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Washington County, PA | 88,595 jobs · $1,670/wk · +0.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 15,006 | $1,087 | 1.13 | +3.9% |
| Manufacturing | 9,540 | $1,529 | 1.34 | -2.6% |
| Retail trade | 8,848 | $745 | 1.02 | -1.5% |
| Construction | 6,965 | $1,654 | 1.50 | +6.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 6,729 | $457 | 0.85 | +2.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 4,063 | $1,993 | 0.66 | -1.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 3,984 | $1,244 | 0.79 | -6.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 3,652 | $1,989 | 1.08 | +7.3% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 3,578 | $3,470 | 11.34 | -3.7% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 3,404 | $1,408 | 0.91 | +0.1% |
| Other services | 3,221 | $813 | 1.22 | +0.4% |
| Management of companies | 2,589 | $8,566 | 1.75 | -1.9% |
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 #
6 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 6, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Loyalhanna Creek Lake, PA | 3,652 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 74 km |
| Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park, PA | 1,190 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 86 km |
| DEEP CREEK LAKE NEAR THAYERVILLE, MD | 2,459 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 112 km |
| SAVAGE RIVER RESERVOIR NEAR BLOOMINGTON, MD | 1,442 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 123 km |
| JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE NEAR ELK GARDEN, WV | 1,446 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 129 km |
| Pymatuning Reservoir at Pymatuning Dam, PA | 1,008 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 145 km |
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 #
122 gauges · 0 flooding · 19 with quality panels averaging 96 % · 28 stale
Sites found: 122, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Standingstone Fork above Tappan Lake OH | stage 4.66 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 74 km |
| Chartiers Creek at Wylie | out of service | 3 km |
| Catfish Run at West Maiden | out of service | 4 km |
| Chartiers Run at Pike Street | out of service | 8 km |
| Chartiers Creek at Canonsburg, PA | stage 2.04 ft · no flooding | 8 km |
| Linden Creek at Linden | out of service | 10 km |
| Buffalo Creek (Wash Co) near Atcheson | out of service | 12 km |
| Miller's Run at Cecil TWP | out of service | 14 km |
| Dunkle Run near Claysville, PA | flow 10.9 ft³/s · STALE | 16 km |
| Brush Creek at Valley Brook | out of service | 17 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 #
51 wells in 1 named aquifer: Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Sites found: 51, 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-401312080195801 | depth 25.6 ft · 1985-10-24 | 7 km |
| USGS-400627080175201 | depth 51.7 ft · 1985-10-23 | 11 km |
| USGS-401744080185001 | depth 18.6 ft · 1985-10-24 | 12 km |
| USGS-401323080231901 | depth 5.81 ft · 1985-10-24 | 12 km |
| USGS-401806080181001 | depth 90.5 ft · 1985-10-24 | 12 km |
| USGS-401849080194501 | depth 47.5 ft · 1985-10-24 | 14 km |
| USGS-400348080055902 | depth 28.6 ft · 1985-10-24 | 20 km |
| USGS-400233080261301 | depth 36.4 ft · 2026-10-05 | 24 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 (0.01)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.04 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$6.6 bn in deposits at 53 offices of 16 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,288, moderately concentrated. $1.7 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.5 bn, contracts $133.7 m), $18,834 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PNC Bank, National Association | $1.6 bn · 23.8% share · 5 offices | |
| Washington Financial Bank | $1.2 bn · 17.7% share · 9 offices | |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | $912.1 m · 13.9% share · 6 offices | |
| Washington, PA | $1.7 bn FY2026 · $18,834/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $1.4 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| PNC Bank, National Association | $1,569,120,000 | 23.8% | 5 |
| Washington Financial Bank | $1,167,608,000 | 17.7% | 9 |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | $912,105,000 | 13.9% | 6 |
| Slovenian Savings and Loan Association of Canonsburg | $522,610,000 | 7.9% | 1 |
| CFSBANK | $489,577,000 | 7.4% | 6 |
| KeyBank National Association | $351,697,000 | 5.3% | 5 |
| Community Bank | $309,316,000 | 4.7% | 4 |
| Dollar Bank, Federal Savings Bank | $200,154,000 | 3.0% | 2 |
| The Huntington National Bank | $196,193,000 | 3.0% | 3 |
| First National Bank of Pennsylvania | $167,367,000 | 2.5% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 1,288 across 16 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 16 banks with deposits in the county = 23.8² + 17.7² + 13.9² + … (13 more) = 1,288
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 | $1,331,094,639 |
| Department of Defense | $120,841,386 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $104,360,204 |
| Department of Transportation | $35,776,139 |
| Department of Education | $24,872,414 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $21,929,373 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $10,482,087 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $10,345,852 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4,517,924 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,730,981 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,351,313 |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | $587,991 |
That is $18,834 per covered job, against 88,595 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.7 bn / 88,595 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $18,834
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 #
Washington County, PA: 7 findings, 7 noted
noteWashington County, PA's average weekly wage was 2.5% 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
- +2.5 % = 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
noteWashington County, PA's typical asking rent rose 0.9% from $1,339 in July 2026 to $1,350 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.9% = (1350.099409554482 - 1338.700281579674) / 1338.700281579674 × 100
- 1350.099409554482 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1338.700281579674 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
noteWashington County, PA's covered employment was 0.5% 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
- +0.5 % = 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
noteWashington County, PA's average weekly wage of $1,670 ranks 130th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of $1,039.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 96 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteWashington County, PA's average weekly wage of $1,670 ranks 6th of 67 Pennsylvania counties, against a median of $1,102.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across 67 Pennsylvania counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
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.