64th pct · 1,102nd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
73rd pct · 64th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
Home value, one year
-2.1%
as of August 2026
9th pct · 2,761st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
27th pct · 177th of 243 Texas counties · median +0.0%
Typical rent
$1,586
as of August 2026
57th pct · 595th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
72nd pct · 30th of 106 Texas counties · median $1,483
Jobs
2,436,205
as of 2026 Q1-01
99th pct · 4th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
100th pct · 1st of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
Average weekly wage
$2,013
as of 2026 Q1-01
98th pct · 49th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
96th pct · 9th of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
Years of wages per home
2.7
13th pct · 2,653rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
28th pct · 175th of 243 Texas counties · median 3.6
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.
Typical home $278,518 (Aug 2026), -2.1% over one year, +12.0% over five
64th pct · 1,102nd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
73rd pct · 64th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
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.
Item
Value
Distance
Harris County, TX
$278,518 · -2.1% 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.
Principal and interest of $1,525 a month on $278,518 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $8,723 a month: 17.5% of one job’s pay.
payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $278,518 × 80% = $222,814, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,525/mo principal and interest
wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $2,013 × 52 / 12 = $8,723) = 17% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
years of wages = $278,518 / ($2,013 × 52) = 2.7
price-to-rent = $278,518 / ($1,586 × 12) = 14.6
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.
2.44 m jobs at 121,633 employers (2026 Q1); -0.8% jobs and +2.5% average weekly wage over the year
99th pct · 4th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
100th pct · 1st of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
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.
Item
Value
Distance
Harris County, TX
2.44 m jobs · $2,013/wk · -0.8% YoY
BLS QCEW, all ownerships, third month of the quarter. A location quotient of 1.00 means this county has the national share of its jobs in that sector; 2.00 means twice it. A withheld row is a BLS disclosure code N: the cell is absent, not zero.
NAICS sector
Jobs
Avg weekly wage
Location quotient
Jobs over the year
Health care and social assistance
286,625
$1,362
0.78
+0.3%
Accommodation and food services
223,798
$570
1.02
-1.8%
Professional and technical services
214,563
$2,788
1.28
-1.4%
Retail trade
206,285
$857
0.87
-1.4%
Administrative and waste services
181,440
$1,440
1.31
+0.9%
Construction
181,039
$1,924
1.42
+1.9%
Manufacturing
178,192
$2,286
0.91
+0.0%
Wholesale trade
131,941
$2,679
1.41
-3.1%
Transportation and warehousing
131,729
$2,454
1.28
-0.7%
Finance and insurance
76,221
$4,724
0.77
-0.6%
Other services
73,267
$1,220
1.01
-3.4%
Mining, oil and gas
56,946
$7,010
6.56
-7.3%
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.
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.
92 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 5 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 10, 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.
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.
Site
Reading
Distance
Addicks Res nr Addicks, TX
7,893 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
24 km
Lk Houston nr Sheldon, TX
137,500 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
25 km
Lake Houston
100 % full · 132k ac-ft
25 km
Barker Res nr Addicks, TX
2,131 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
27 km
Lake Conroe
94 % full · 418k ac-ft
58 km
Lk Conroe nr Conroe, TX
397,100 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
58 km
Livingston Reservoir
90 % full · 1,604k ac-ft
93 km
Livingston Res nr Goodrich, TX
1,447,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
93 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.
126 gauges · 0 flooding · 24 with quality panels averaging 81 % · 10 stale
Sites found: 126, 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 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.
Site
Reading
Distance
Old Rv at Buckeye Island nr Anahuac, TX
temp 29.7 °C · quality 50 % (2)
63 km
W Fk San Jacinto Rv nr Conroe, TX
flow 1,330 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) · no flooding
43 km
Trinity Bay site FISH nr Baytown, TX
DO 3.80 mg/l · quality 50 % (4) · STALE
56 km
Trinity Rv at IH 10 nr Wallisville, TX
flow 128.0 ft³/s · quality 50 % (3)
60 km
W Fk San Jacinto Rv nr Humble, TX
flow 5,630 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) · no flooding
23 km
Brazos Rv at Richmond, TX
flow 1,470 ft³/s · quality 75 % (4) · no flooding
47 km
USGS-294617096021200
DO 7.80 mg/l · quality 75 % (4) · STALE
63 km
Galveston Bay site EAGLEP nr Bacliff, TX
DO 7.20 mg/l · quality 63 % (4) · no flooding
62 km
Spring Ck nr Spring, TX
flow 1,970 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) · no flooding
28 km
Halls Bayou at Houston, TX
flow 17.8 ft³/s
5 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.
27 wells in 1 named aquifer: Coastal lowlands aquifer system
Sites found: 27, 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.
Site
Reading
Distance
USGS-294901095221001
depth 202.6 ft · 2009-03-24
5 km
USGS-294728095200103
depth 178.8 ft · 2026-10-01
9 km
USGS-294728095200106
depth 253.6 ft · 2026-07-04
9 km
Coastal lowlands aquifer system
depth 266.2 ft · 2026-10-01
16 km
Coastal lowlands aquifer system
depth 234.5 ft · 2024-03-14
16 km
USGS-294726095351102
depth 366.6 ft · 2026-10-01
20 km
USGS-294726095351104
depth 151.4 ft · 2026-10-01
20 km
USGS-294726095351101
depth 16.4 ft · 2026-10-01
20 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.
$303.5 bn in deposits at 857 offices of 87 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,039, highly concentrated. $26.0 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $18.6 bn, contracts $4.9 bn), $10,663 per covered job
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.
Item
Value
Distance
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$161.6 bn · 53.2% share · 112 offices
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$34.1 bn · 11.2% share · 91 offices
Bank of America, National Association
$18.8 bn · 6.2% share · 72 offices
Harris, TX
$26.0 bn FY2026 · $10,663/job
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS
$17.3 bn · top recipient FY2026
FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 2026. These are institution offices, not people: the row is a bank's presence in the county.
Institution
Deposits
Share
Offices
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$161,550,894,000
53.2%
112
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$34,063,989,000
11.2%
91
Bank of America, National Association
$18,791,918,000
6.2%
72
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
$9,795,706,000
3.2%
34
PNC Bank, National Association
$7,880,135,000
2.6%
47
Frost Bank
$6,427,002,000
2.1%
46
The Huntington National Bank
$6,256,840,000
2.1%
25
Stellar Bank
$4,850,345,000
1.6%
25
Third Coast Bank
$3,947,188,000
1.3%
3
Truist Bank
$3,733,924,000
1.2%
16
Deposit concentration is 3,039 across 83 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 83 banks with deposits in the county = 53.2² + 11.2² + 6.2² + … (80 more) = 3,039
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.
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
USAspending, FY2026, place of performance in this county.
Awarding agency
Obligations
Social Security Administration
$14,849,334,288
Department of Veterans Affairs
$3,280,729,988
Department of Defense
$1,979,882,020
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$1,523,818,345
Department of Health and Human Services
$1,066,959,841
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$929,069,589
Department of Transportation
$814,539,760
Department of Education
$760,247,217
Department of Homeland Security
$159,757,048
Department of Agriculture
$132,657,760
Federal Communications Commission
$93,087,531
Railroad Retirement Board
$82,064,521
That is $10,663 per covered job, against 2,436,205 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $26.0 bn / 2.44 m covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $10,663
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.
currentretrieved 2026-10-03The company snapshot is a committed fixture, not a pull.
2 public companies file with the SEC from a business address here (Exxon Mobil Corp, Kinder Morgan, Inc.). These rows are a committed fixture, not a pull: the snapshot has never been refreshed, so every financial fact is null and the list is not a complete census of filers in this county. The county's jobs mix maps to 10 GICS sectors, led by Energy.
Public filers whose registered business address with the SEC falls in this county, from a committed snapshot of EDGAR's company_tickers_exchange file. A position is the centroid of the address's ZIP code (Census ZCTA) or, where the snapshot says so, of its city: it is not a building. Legal entities only - no officer, insider or shareholder data is read, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 are excluded everywhere. Sector exposure is the county's BLS QCEW jobs mix bridged to GICS sectors by a convention documented in lib/companies/sectors.ts; a jobs mix is not a portfolio.
Item
Value
Distance
Exxon Mobil Corp
XOM · NYSE · Energy · Spring, TX 77389
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
KMI · NYSE · Energy · Houston, TX 77002
This is a committed fixture, not a pull: 2 filers are named and their financial facts are empty until the snapshot is refreshed. An absent company is not evidence that none is headquartered here.
Public filers whose registered business address with the SEC falls in this county, from a committed snapshot of EDGAR's company_tickers_exchange file. A position is the centroid of the address's ZIP code (Census ZCTA) or, where the snapshot says so, of its city: it is not a building. Legal entities only - no officer, insider or shareholder data is read, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 are excluded everywhere. Sector exposure is the county's BLS QCEW jobs mix bridged to GICS sectors by a convention documented in lib/companies/sectors.ts; a jobs mix is not a portfolio.
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
The national indicator set, unfiltered by place.
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
15.28
2026-10-01
-7.4%
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 · %
71.90
2026-10-02
+0.6%
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
-88,576.00
2026-07-01
-24.4%
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.
Harris County, TX: 11 findings, 2 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchHarris County, TX's typical home value is -2.1% 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.
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test: home.yoyPct = -2.1395681298258107 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchHarris County, TX's covered employment is -0.8% 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.
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test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteHarris County, TX'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.
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+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
noteHarris County, TX's covered employment was 0.8% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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-0.8 % = 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
noteHarris County, TX's covered employment of 2,436,205 ranks 1st of 254 Texas counties, against a median of 6,022.
Period 2026 Q1.
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100 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