Edwards County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 29.99, -100.31.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 1st pct · 3,157th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 4th pct · 243rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- 13th pct · 2,788th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 5th pct · 239th of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
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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 #
No Zillow home value index for this area
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- Texas counties: not published this period
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 #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Texas 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 #
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 #
489 jobs at 67 employers (2026 Q1); -0.4% jobs and +5.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 1st pct · 3,157th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 4th pct · 243rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards County, TX | 489 jobs · $862/wk · -0.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 67 | $536 | 1.41 | -8.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 26 | $634 | 7.36 | -13.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 14 | $458 | 0.32 | -12.5% |
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld | |||
| Administrative and waste services | 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 #
D1 moderate 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 #
42 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 2 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amistad Reservoir | 44 % full · 1,813k ac-ft | 94 km |
| Medina Lk nr San Antonio, TX | 73,420 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 142 km |
| Medina Lake | 29 % full · 255k ac-ft | 142 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 #
12 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 2 stale
Sites found: 12, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| E Prong Nueces Rv abv Camp Eagle nr Rocksprings,TX | stage 3.63 ft · STALE | 34 km |
| Nueces Rv nr Barksdale, TX | flow 145.0 ft³/s | 39 km |
| W Nueces Rv nr Brackettville, TX | flow 1.96 ft³/s · no flooding | 57 km |
| Dry Devils River near Comstock | no flooding | 58 km |
| Nueces Rv at CR 414 at Montell, TX | flow 284.0 ft³/s | 58 km |
| Frio Rv at Leakey, TX | stage 9.26 ft | 61 km |
| E Frio Rv nr Leakey, TX | flow 10.2 ft³/s · STALE | 64 km |
| Dolan Ck abv Devils River nr Comstock, TX | flow 2.04 ft³/s | 67 km |
| Nueces Rv at Laguna, TX | flow 295.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 69 km |
| Dry Frio Rv nr Reagan Wells, TX | flow 27.5 ft³/s · no flooding | 74 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 #
4 wells in 2 named aquifers: Edwards-Trinity aquifer system, Alluvial aquifers
Sites found: 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards-Trinity aquifer system | depth 332.9 ft · 2014-07-29 | 26 km |
| Alluvial aquifers | depth 17.1 ft · 2013-12-07 | 60 km |
| WA-69-11-3XX (St. Jude Well) | depth 99.4 ft · 2014-07-21 | 65 km |
| Edwards-Trinity aquifer system | depth 248.8 ft · 2026-10-05 | 73 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 #
moderate (0.40)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.3×0.58 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$117.6 m in deposits at 1 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $22.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $18.6 m, grants $3.1 m), $45,052 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Peoples State Bank | $117.6 m · 100.0% share · 1 office | |
| Edwards, TX | $22.0 m FY2026 · $45,052/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $14.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoples State Bank | $117,573,000 | 100.0% | 1 |
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 | $12,499,112 |
| Department of Agriculture | $7,398,502 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,455,110 |
| Department of Transportation | $249,079 |
| Department of Education | $226,931 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $110,349 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $91,420 |
| Department of the Interior | $0 |
That is $45,052 per covered job, against 489 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $22.0 m / 489 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $45,052
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 #
Edwards County, TX: 6 findings, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchEdwards County, TX's covered employment is -0.4% 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 = -0.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteEdwards County, TX's average weekly wage was 5.4% 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
- +5.4 % = 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
noteEdwards County, TX's covered employment was 0.4% 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
- -0.4 % = 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
noteEdwards County, TX's covered employment of 489 ranks 3,157th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 2 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteEdwards County, TX's covered employment of 489 ranks 243rd of 254 Texas counties, against a median of 6,022.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 4 on the 0-to-100 scale across 254 Texas counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 6 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.