Reeves County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.31, -103.71.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 29th pct · 2,164th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 36th pct · 154th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
- 61st pct · 1,191st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 78th pct · 53rd of 243 Texas counties · median +0.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Texas counties: not published this period
- 50th pct · 1,605th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 58th pct · 105th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- 95th pct · 131st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 91st pct · 22nd of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
- 5th pct · 2,908th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 13th pct · 211th 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 $182,324 (Aug 2026), +3.9% over one year, -33.3% over five
- 29th pct · 2,164th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 36th pct · 154th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Reeves County, TX | $182,324 · +3.9% 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 $998 a month on $182,324 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,232 a month: 13.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $182,324 × 80% = $145,860, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $998/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,669 × 52 / 12 = $7,232) = 14% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $182,324 / ($1,669 × 52) = 2.1
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 #
8,277 jobs at 514 employers (2026 Q1); +5.4% jobs and -1.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 50th pct · 1,605th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 58th pct · 105th of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Reeves County, TX | 8,277 jobs · $1,669/wk · +5.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 1,450 | $1,671 | 3.34 | +0.0% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 1,103 | $3,168 | 37.43 | +2.8% |
| Retail trade | 838 | $751 | 1.04 | -0.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 559 | $2,320 | 1.60 | -3.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 404 | $2,163 | 1.27 | +0.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 259 | $1,218 | 0.55 | +17.2% |
| Real estate and rental | 252 | $1,482 | 1.99 | -8.4% |
| Other services | 105 | $1,480 | 0.42 | +6.1% |
| Health care and social assistance | 94 | $1,112 | 0.08 | -1.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 78 | $1,741 | 0.23 | -8.2% |
| Utilities | 70 | $2,435 | 2.14 | +18.6% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 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 #
46 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 1 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Red Bluff Reservoir | 46 % full · 145k ac-ft | 69 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 #
8 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 73 % · 2 stale
Sites found: 8, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pecos Rv at Pecos, TX | DO 8.90 mg/l · quality 75 % (4) · STALE | 27 km |
| Pecos Rv at RR 1776 nr Grandfalls, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s · quality 50 % (4) | 67 km |
| Pecos Rv nr Orla, TX | flow 0.19 ft³/s · quality 67 % (3) | 64 km |
| Pecos Rv at FM 3398 nr Pecos, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s · quality 100 % (2) | 29 km |
| PECOS RIVER NR BARSTOW, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 34 km |
| Giffin Spgs at Toyahvale, TX | flow 7.82 ft³/s | 41 km |
| San Solomon Spgs at Toyahvale, TX | flow 22.8 ft³/s | 41 km |
| Barrilla Draw nr Saragosa, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 46 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 #
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 (0.36)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.3×0.54 + 0.2×0.27 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$1.6 bn in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,022, highly concentrated. $78.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $44.7 m, grants $33.6 m), $9,513 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Transpecos Banks, SSB | $828.0 m · 53.3% share · 1 office | |
| West Texas National Bank | $725.8 m · 46.7% share · 1 office | |
| Reeves, TX | $78.7 m FY2026 · $9,513/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $43.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transpecos Banks, SSB | $828,021,000 | 53.3% | 1 |
| West Texas National Bank | $725,831,000 | 46.7% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,022 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 = 53.3² + 46.7² = 5,022
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 | $39,930,040 |
| Department of Transportation | $32,386,013 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $3,569,129 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $808,318 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $536,155 |
| Department of Defense | $449,361 |
| Department of Justice | $375,000 |
| Department of Agriculture | $333,748 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $272,585 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $75,000 |
| Department of the Interior | $0 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $0 |
That is $9,513 per covered job, against 8,277 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $78.7 m / 8,277 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $9,513
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 | -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 #
Reeves County, TX: 9 findings, 1 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchReeves County, TX's average weekly wage is -1.2% 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 = -1.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteReeves County, TX's covered employment 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
noteReeves County, TX's typical home value rose 1.9% from $178,947 in July 2026 to $182,324 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +1.9% = (182324.40646914384 - 178946.63265327262) / 178946.63265327262 × 100
- 182324.40646914384 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 178946.63265327262 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteReeves County, TX's average weekly wage was 1.2% 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
- -1.2 % = 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
noteReeves County, TX's average weekly wage of $1,669 ranks 131st of 3,221 US counties, against a median of $1,039.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 96 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
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.