Burleson County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.49, -96.62.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
- 61st pct · 1,176th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 71st pct · 70th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
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- 18th pct · 2,504th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 45th pct · 134th of 243 Texas counties · median +0.0%
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 49th pct · 711th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 50th pct · 53rd of 106 Texas counties · median $1,483
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 38th pct · 1,994th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 45th pct · 139th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 70th pct · 946th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 56th pct · 110th of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 54th pct · 1,398th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 70th pct · 72nd of 243 Texas counties · median 3.6
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $269,193 (Aug 2026), -0.3% over one year, -7.5% over five
- 61st pct · 1,176th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 71st pct · 70th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Burleson County, TX | $269,193 · -0.3% 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 $1,490/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 15.1
- 49th pct · 711th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 50th pct · 53rd of 106 Texas counties · median $1,483
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Burleson County, TX | $1,490/mo · n/a 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 $1,473 a month on $269,193 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,996 a month: 29.5% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $269,193 × 80% = $215,355, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,473/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,153 × 52 / 12 = $4,996) = 29% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $269,193 / ($1,153 × 52) = 4.5
- price-to-rent = $269,193 / ($1,490 × 12) = 15.1
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 #
5,168 jobs at 436 employers (2026 Q1); +2.8% jobs and +3.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 38th pct · 1,994th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 45th pct · 139th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- counties in the College Station-Bryan metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the College Station-Bryan metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Burleson County, TX | 5,168 jobs · $1,153/wk · +2.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 785 | $1,646 | 2.90 | +1.8% |
| Retail trade | 629 | $955 | 1.25 | +2.3% |
| Manufacturing | 607 | $1,470 | 1.46 | +11.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 528 | $482 | 1.14 | +15.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 298 | $934 | 0.38 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 273 | $1,337 | 0.93 | +7.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 243 | $1,370 | 1.12 | +11.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 166 | $1,552 | 0.79 | +5.1% |
| Other services | 146 | $1,572 | 0.95 | +1.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 144 | $823 | 0.73 | -10.6% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 117 | $933 | 3.13 | +0.9% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 110 | $1,464 | 5.98 | -9.1% |
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 #
D2 severe drought
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 #
94 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 12 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 17, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Somerville Lake | 91 % full · 150k ac-ft | 21 km |
| Gibbons Creek Reservoir | 88 % full · 26k ac-ft | 55 km |
| Granger Lake | 100 % full · 52k ac-ft | 71 km |
| Lake Limestone | 85 % full · 204k ac-ft | 97 km |
| Lk Conroe nr Conroe, TX | 397,900 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 103 km |
| Lake Conroe | 95 % full · 418k ac-ft | 103 km |
| Stillhouse Hollow Lake | 98 % full · 230k ac-ft | 105 km |
| Belton Lake | 98 % full · 433k ac-ft | 106 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 #
36 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 81 % · 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davidson Ck at SH 21 nr Caldwell, TX | DO 3.00 mg/l · quality 88 % (4) · STALE | 8 km |
| Davidson Ck nr Lyons, TX | flow 0.58 ft³/s · no flooding | 11 km |
| Brazos Rv at SH 21 nr Bryan, TX | flow 1,680 ft³/s · quality 75 % (4) · no flooding | 17 km |
| E Yegua Ck nr Dime Box, TX | flow 0.09 ft³/s · no flooding | 21 km |
| Yegua Creek at Lake Somerville | no readings | 21 km |
| Yegua Ck nr Somerville, TX | flow 0.04 ft³/s | 22 km |
| Thompsons Ck at SH 47 nr Bryan, TX | stage 219.5 ft | 23 km |
| Middle Yegua Ck nr Dime Box, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s · no flooding | 32 km |
| Carters Ck at FM 60 nr College Station, TX | stage 240.6 ft · no flooding | 34 km |
| Peach Ck at SH 6 nr Millican, TX | stage 191.9 ft | 40 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 #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 #
moderate (0.27)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.06 + 0.2×0.19 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$634.6 m in deposits at 5 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 6,795, highly concentrated. $155.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $141.6 m, grants $13.2 m), $30,039 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Citizens State Bank | $507.4 m · 80.0% share · 4 offices | |
| Prosperity Bank | $127.2 m · 20.0% share · 1 office | |
| Burleson, TX | $155.2 m FY2026 · $30,039/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $137.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens State Bank | $507,406,000 | 80.0% | 4 |
| Prosperity Bank | $127,164,000 | 20.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 6,795 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 80.0² + 20.0² = 6,795
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 | $116,834,305 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $16,963,324 |
| Department of Transportation | $12,877,967 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,339,190 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $3,302,244 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $428,725 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $228,124 |
| Department of Defense | $225,734 |
| Department of Education | $39,927 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $30,039 per covered job, against 5,168 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $155.2 m / 5,168 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $30,039
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 | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| 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 #
Burleson County, TX: 9 findings, 3 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchBurleson County, TX's typical asking rent is -3.4% 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 = -3.4197250597367184 <= -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
watchBurleson County, TX's typical home value is -0.3% 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 = -0.34647630034073695 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchBurleson County, TX's typical asking rent fell 3.4% from $1,542 in July 2026 to $1,490 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -3.4% = (1489.6666666666667 - 1542.4129488014541) / 1542.4129488014541 × 100
- 1489.6666666666667 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1542.4129488014541 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
noteBurleson County, TX's average weekly wage was 3.3% 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
- +3.3 % = 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
noteBurleson County, TX's covered employment was 2.8% 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
- +2.8 % = 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
Read all 9 findings in the full brief
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