Haskell County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 33.18, -99.73.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 4th pct · 2,933rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 9th pct · 220th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
- 82nd pct · 533rd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 87th pct · 32nd of 243 Texas counties · median +0.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Texas counties: not published this period
- 11th pct · 2,839th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 21st pct · 199th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- 26th pct · 2,361st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 16th pct · 213th of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
- 6th pct · 2,865th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 17th pct · 201st 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.
Home values #
Typical home $109,017 (Aug 2026), +6.4% over one year, -2.3% over five
- 4th pct · 2,933rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 9th pct · 220th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Haskell County, TX | $109,017 · +6.4% 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 #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- 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 #
Principal and interest of $597 a month on $109,017 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,060 a month: 14.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $109,017 × 80% = $87,214, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $597/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $937 × 52 / 12 = $4,060) = 15% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $109,017 / ($937 × 52) = 2.2
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 #
1,536 jobs at 195 employers (2026 Q1); +8.1% jobs and -0.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 11th pct · 2,839th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 21st pct · 199th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Haskell County, TX | 1,536 jobs · $937/wk · +8.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 349 | $648 | 2.33 | +8.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 105 | $948 | 9.46 | +15.4% |
| Manufacturing | 61 | $1,839 | 0.49 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 60 | $594 | 1.31 | +42.9% |
| Construction | 34 | $1,191 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 32 | $816 | 5.85 | -17.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 25 | $1,182 | 0.24 | +19.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 21 | $1,239 | 0.32 | -22.2% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | 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 #
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 #
60 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 22 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Stamford | 62 % full · 52k ac-ft | 19 km |
| Millers Creek Reservoir | 57 % full · 27k ac-ft | 41 km |
| Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir | 67 % full · 70k ac-ft | 65 km |
| Hubbard Creek Reservoir | 36 % full · 313k ac-ft | 81 km |
| Lake Kemp | 63 % full · 245k ac-ft | 84 km |
| Lake Sweetwater | 17 % full · 12k ac-ft | 98 km |
| Lake Kickapoo | 77 % full · 86k ac-ft | 104 km |
| Lake Graham | 65 % full · 45k ac-ft | 104 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 #
23 gauges · 0 flooding · 1 with quality panels averaging 50 % · 3 stale
Sites found: 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| S Wichita Rv at Low Flow Dam nr Guthrie, TX | temp 25.5 °C · quality 50 % (2) · no flooding | 67 km |
| West Central Texas Lakes at Lake Stamford | no flooding | 19 km |
| Lk Creek nr Weinert, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 20 km |
| DMF Brazos Rv nr Rule, TX | flow 12.6 ft³/s · STALE | 21 km |
| California Ck nr Stamford, TX | flow 0.05 ft³/s · no flooding | 28 km |
| Millers Ck nr Munday, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 30 km |
| Millers Creek at Millers Creek Reservoir near Bomarton | no readings | 41 km |
| Clear Fk Brazos Rv at Lueders, TX | flow 14.0 ft³/s | 44 km |
| DMF Brazos Rv nr Aspermont, TX | flow 7.43 ft³/s · no flooding | 46 km |
| Salt Fk Brazos Rv nr Aspermont, TX | flow 0.04 ft³/s · no flooding | 50 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 #
1 wells in 1 named aquifer: Seymour aquifer
Sites found: 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seymour aquifer | depth 41.3 ft · 2005-09-29 | 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 #
moderate (0.46)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.3×0.40 + 0.2×0.50 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$191.1 m in deposits at 4 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,836, highly concentrated. $55.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $53.1 m, grants $2.1 m), $36,199 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First United Bank | $71.4 m · 37.4% share · 1 office | |
| First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford | $56.9 m · 29.8% share · 1 office | |
| Haskell National Bank | $36.4 m · 19.1% share · 1 office | |
| Haskell, TX | $55.6 m FY2026 · $36,199/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $32.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First United Bank | $71,398,000 | 37.4% | 1 |
| First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford | $56,921,000 | 29.8% | 1 |
| Haskell National Bank | $36,420,000 | 19.1% | 1 |
| The First State Bank | $26,404,000 | 13.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,836 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 37.4² + 29.8² + 19.1² + … (1 more) = 2,836
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 | $29,681,995 |
| Department of Agriculture | $20,551,614 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $2,603,910 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,763,619 |
| Department of Defense | $341,370 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $287,878 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $194,159 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $99,572 |
| Department of Education | $77,825 |
| Department of Energy | $0 |
That is $36,199 per covered job, against 1,536 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $55.6 m / 1,536 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $36,199
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 #
Haskell County, TX: 10 findings, 1 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchHaskell County, TX's average weekly wage is -0.8% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; 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 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.avgWeeklyWage = -0.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteHaskell County, TX's covered employment was 8.1% 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
- +8.1 % = 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
noteHaskell County, TX's typical home value rose 1.5% from $107,434 in July 2026 to $109,017 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +1.5% = (109017.36381706002 - 107433.9176480007) / 107433.9176480007 × 100
- 109017.36381706002 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 107433.9176480007 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteHaskell County, TX's average weekly wage 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.Show the arithmetic
- -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
noteHaskell County, TX's covered employment of +8.1% ranks 87th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of -0.2%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 97 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 10 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.