San Patricio County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 28.01, -97.52.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 40th pct · 1,812th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 128th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 30th pct · 2,138th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 61st pct · 94th of 243 Texas counties · median +0.0%
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 47th pct · 730th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 49th pct · 54th of 106 Texas counties · median $1,483
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 72nd pct · 888th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 79th pct · 53rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 85th pct · 457th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 75th pct · 62nd of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 21st pct · 2,391st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 37th pct · 152nd of 243 Texas counties · median 3.6
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $211,194 (Aug 2026), +1.1% over one year, +1.2% over five
- 40th pct · 1,812th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 128th of 243 Texas counties · median $215,660
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Patricio County, TX | $211,194 · +1.1% 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.
Rents #
Typical rent $1,477/mo (Aug 2026), +9.6% over one year; price-to-rent 11.9
- 47th pct · 730th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 49th pct · 54th of 106 Texas counties · median $1,483
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Patricio County, TX | $1,477/mo · +9.6% 1-yr |
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 $1,156 a month on $211,194 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,694 a month: 20.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $211,194 × 80% = $168,955, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,156/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,314 × 52 / 12 = $5,694) = 20% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $211,194 / ($1,314 × 52) = 3.1
- price-to-rent = $211,194 / ($1,477 × 12) = 11.9
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 #
21,172 jobs at 1,210 employers (2026 Q1); -2.3% jobs and +3.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 72nd pct · 888th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 79th pct · 53rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- counties in the Corpus Christi metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Corpus Christi metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Patricio County, TX | 21,172 jobs · $1,314/wk · -2.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 3,762 | $1,489 | 3.39 | -11.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 2,845 | $424 | 1.50 | +1.6% |
| Retail trade | 2,709 | $718 | 1.31 | +0.0% |
| Manufacturing | 2,197 | $2,726 | 1.29 | +6.3% |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,055 | $905 | 0.33 | +3.2% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 595 | $2,995 | 7.89 | -21.5% |
| Administrative and waste services | 585 | $1,285 | 0.49 | +16.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 582 | $2,204 | 0.40 | -5.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 436 | $2,694 | 0.49 | -10.7% |
| Other services | 351 | $1,007 | 0.55 | +12.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 305 | $1,563 | 0.38 | +4.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 264 | $1,167 | 0.31 | -2.6% |
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 #
47 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 4 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 6, 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 Corpus Christi | 84 % full · 256k ac-ft | 35 km |
| Lk Corpus Christi nr Mathis, TX | 215,200 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 35 km |
| Coleto Creek Reservoir | 75 % full · 31k ac-ft | 87 km |
| Choke Canyon Reservoir | 22 % full · 663k ac-ft | 89 km |
| Choke Canyon Res nr Three Rivers, TX | 145,200 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 89 km |
| Lake Texana | 89 % full · 159k ac-ft | 134 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 #
25 gauges · 0 flooding · 6 with quality panels averaging 66 % · 3 stale
Sites found: 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi Bay Site CCC nr Corpus Christi, TX | temp 26.7 °C · quality 67 % (3) · STALE | 25 km |
| Rincon Bayou Channel nr Odem, TX | temp 27.3 °C · quality 50 % (2) | 16 km |
| Rincon Bayou Channel nr Calallen, TX | flow 3.07 ft³/s · quality 25 % (2) · STALE | 17 km |
| San Antonio Rv at Goliad, TX | flow 1,870 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) | 72 km |
| Chiltipin Ck at US 77 nr Sinton, TX | stage 24.3 ft | 4 km |
| Nueces Rv nr Odem, TX | stage 1.54 ft · quality 75 % (2) | 17 km |
| Nueces Rv at Calallen, TX | flow 78.2 ft³/s | 18 km |
| Nueces Rv at Bluntzer, TX | flow 291.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (5) | 27 km |
| Devils Run Ck at US 77 nr Woodsboro, TX | stage 16.1 ft | 28 km |
| Aransas Rv nr Skidmore, TX | flow 2.46 ft³/s | 32 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 #
2 wells in 1 named aquifer: Coastal lowlands aquifer system
Sites found: 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal lowlands aquifer system | depth 7.30 ft · 2008-09-30 | 71 km |
| Coastal lowlands aquifer system | depth 25.1 ft · 2008-09-29 | 72 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 #
high (0.57)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 + 0.3×0.53 + 0.2×0.34 / 0.85
Banks & federal dollars #
$913.9 m in deposits at 19 offices of 8 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,069, highly concentrated. $10.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (grants $9.5 m, loans $880,427), $503 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Frost Bank | $289.6 m · 31.7% share · 1 office | |
| Prosperity Bank | $231.9 m · 25.4% share · 5 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $132.2 m · 14.5% share · 1 office | |
| San Patricio, TX | $10.6 m FY2026 · $503/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $416.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Bank | $289,581,000 | 31.7% | 1 |
| Prosperity Bank | $231,936,000 | 25.4% | 5 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $132,202,000 | 14.5% | 1 |
| First State Bank of Odem | $98,149,000 | 10.7% | 2 |
| ValueBank Texas | $65,042,000 | 7.1% | 2 |
| First Community Bank | $44,018,000 | 4.8% | 2 |
| International Bank of Commerce | $42,172,000 | 4.6% | 4 |
| First National Bank Texas | $10,811,000 | 1.2% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 2,069 across 8 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 8 banks with deposits in the county = 31.7² + 25.4² + 14.5² + … (5 more) = 2,069
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 | $321,263,680 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $92,709,716 |
| Department of Agriculture | $9,415,612 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $7,648,650 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $6,412,893 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $2,357,202 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,110,597 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $637,657 |
| Department of Education | $234,051 |
| Department of Defense | $141,337 |
| Department of Commerce | $73,152 |
| Small Business Administration | $15,770 |
That is $503 per covered job, against 21,172 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $10.6 m / 21,172 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $503
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 #
San Patricio County, TX: 8 findings, 3 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchSan Patricio County, TX's covered employment is -2.3% 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 = -2.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchSan Patricio County, TX's typical asking rent is +9.6% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 8 percent above a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; 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: rent.yoyPct = 9.62042312417815 >= 8
arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchSan Patricio County, TX's typical home value of +1.1% scores 30 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 62 across Texas counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |30 across US counties - 62 across Texas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteSan Patricio County, TX's average weekly wage was 3.2% 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
- +3.2 % = 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
noteSan Patricio County, TX's covered employment was 2.3% 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
- -2.3 % = 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
Read all 8 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.