Knox County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 33.61, -99.73.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 1st pct · 3,005th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 4th pct · 233rd of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
- 61st pct · 1,188th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 78th pct · 52nd of 243 Texas counties · median +0.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Texas counties: not published this period
- 7th pct · 2,976th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 219th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- 38th pct · 1,983rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 24th pct · 193rd of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
- 2nd pct · 2,982nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 9th pct · 220th 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 $93,647 (Aug 2026), +4.0% over one year, n/a over five
- 1st pct · 3,005th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 4th pct · 233rd of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Knox County, TX | $93,647 · +4.0% 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 $513 a month on $93,647 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,277 a month: 12.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $93,647 × 80% = $74,918, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $513/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $987 × 52 / 12 = $4,277) = 12% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $93,647 / ($987 × 52) = 1.8
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 #
1,092 jobs at 141 employers (2026 Q1); -1.9% jobs and +5.6% average weekly wage over the year
- 7th pct · 2,976th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 219th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Knox County, TX | 1,092 jobs · $987/wk · -1.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 141 | $892 | 1.32 | -7.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 122 | $1,036 | 15.47 | +17.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 63 | $1,322 | 1.51 | -8.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 55 | $225 | 0.56 | +57.1% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 46 | $3,069 | 11.83 | -2.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 24 | $950 | 0.54 | +0.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 13 | $497 | 0.72 | +8.3% |
| Other services | 9 | $636 | 0.28 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | 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 #
D3 extreme 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: 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Millers Creek Reservoir | 57 % full · 27k ac-ft | 39 km |
| Lake Kemp | 63 % full · 245k ac-ft | 56 km |
| Lake Stamford | 62 % full · 52k ac-ft | 63 km |
| Lake Kickapoo | 77 % full · 86k ac-ft | 88 km |
| North Fork Buffalo Creek Reservoir | 71 % full · 15k ac-ft | 100 km |
| Hubbard Creek Reservoir | 36 % full · 313k ac-ft | 112 km |
| Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir | 67 % full · 70k ac-ft | 113 km |
| Lake Graham | 65 % full · 45k ac-ft | 116 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 #
high (0.56)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 + 0.3×0.34 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$111.5 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,101, highly concentrated. $22.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $21.3 m, grants $1.0 m), $20,545 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford | $63.7 m · 57.1% share · 1 office | |
| The City National Bank of Colorado City | $47.8 m · 42.9% share · 1 office | |
| Knox, TX | $22.4 m FY2026 · $20,545/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First National Bank and Trust Company of Weatherford | $63,721,000 | 57.1% | 1 |
| The City National Bank of Colorado City | $47,828,000 | 42.9% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,101 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 = 57.1² + 42.9² = 5,101
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 #
That is $20,545 per covered job, against 1,092 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $22.4 m / 1,092 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $20,545
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 | 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 | -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 #
Knox County, TX: 9 findings, 1 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchKnox County, TX's covered employment is -1.9% 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 = -1.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteKnox County, TX's average weekly wage was 5.6% 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
- +5.6 % = 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
noteKnox County, TX's covered employment was 1.9% 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
- -1.9 % = 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
noteKnox County, TX's typical home value of $93,647 ranks 3,005th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of $234,566.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 2 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteKnox County, TX's years of wages of 1.8 ranks 2,982nd of 3,063 US counties, against a median of 4.3.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published yearsOfWages
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 9 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.