Kinney County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 29.35, -100.42.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 7th pct · 2,823rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 13th pct · 210th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
- 36th pct · 1,948th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 66th pct · 81st of 243 Texas counties · median +0.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Texas counties: not published this period
- 6th pct · 3,001st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 12th pct · 223rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- 76th pct · 764th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 63rd pct · 93rd of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
- 4th pct · 2,938th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 11th pct · 214th 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 $125,171 (Aug 2026), +1.7% over one year, -3.2% over five
- 7th pct · 2,823rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 13th pct · 210th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kinney County, TX | $125,171 · +1.7% 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 $685 a month on $125,171 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,209 a month: 13.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $125,171 × 80% = $100,137, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $685/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,202 × 52 / 12 = $5,209) = 13% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $125,171 / ($1,202 × 52) = 2.0
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 #
1,012 jobs at 73 employers (2026 Q1); +10.8% jobs and +4.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 6th pct · 3,001st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 12th pct · 223rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kinney County, TX | 1,012 jobs · $1,202/wk · +10.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 85 | $375 | 0.86 | +2.4% |
| Health care and social assistance | 14 | $741 | 0.09 | -22.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 2, 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 | 63 km |
| Medina Lake | 29 % full · 255k ac-ft | 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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 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 (0.40)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.3×0.58 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$36.9 m in deposits at 1 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $103.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $103.1 m, grants $527,125), $102,422 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Bank and Trust, S.S.B. | $36.9 m · 100.0% share · 1 office | |
| Kinney, TX | $103.7 m FY2026 · $102,422/job | |
| GRUNLEY CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | $103.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bank and Trust, S.S.B. | $36,945,000 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Department of Homeland Security | $103,114,696 |
| Social Security Administration | $17,646,383 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $4,719,418 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $824,842 |
| Department of Agriculture | $632,151 |
| Department of Transportation | $255,000 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $229,557 |
| Department of Education | $32,918 |
| Department of Defense | $0 |
That is $102,422 per covered job, against 1,012 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $103.7 m / 1,012 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $102,422
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 | 12.28 | 2026-10-04 | -0.1% |
| 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 | 2026-10-05 | +0.1% |
| 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.
What changed #
Kinney County, TX: 13 findings, 2 at a watch level and 11 noted
watchKinney County, TX's typical home value is -1.7% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical home value at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI 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: home.momPct = -1.6548713160002018 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchKinney County, TX's typical home value of +1.7% scores 36 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 67 across Texas counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |36 across US counties - 67 across Texas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteKinney County, TX's covered employment was 10.8% 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
- +10.8 % = 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
noteKinney County, TX's average weekly wage was 4.9% 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
- +4.9 % = 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
noteKinney County, TX's typical home value fell 1.7% from $127,278 in July 2026 to $125,171 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -1.7% = (125171.32692282806 - 127277.60754172741) / 127277.60754172741 × 100
- 125171.32692282806 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 127277.60754172741 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 12 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.