Schleicher County, TX
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.90, -100.53.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 4th pct · 3,066th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 8th pct · 233rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
- 52nd pct · 1,534th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 37th pct · 159th of 254 Texas counties · median $1,115
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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 #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Texas counties: not published this period
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 #
No rent index for this area
- 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 #
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 #
766 jobs at 87 employers (2026 Q1); +9.9% jobs and +4.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 4th pct · 3,066th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 8th pct · 233rd of 254 Texas counties · median 6,022
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Schleicher County, TX | 766 jobs · $1,049/wk · +9.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining, oil and gas | 90 | $1,096 | 33.00 | -1.1% |
| Retail trade | 87 | $933 | 1.17 | +13.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 32 | $1,098 | 1.03 | +3.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 22 | $640 | 3.98 | -4.3% |
| Unclassified | 11 | $549 | 6.75 | -21.4% |
| Other services | 6 | $690 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | 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 #
23 % of conservation capacity, weighted over 8 TWDB reservoirs
Sites found: 10, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Buttes Reservoir | 5 % full · 182k ac-ft | 54 km |
| Lake Nasworthy | 85 % full · 10k ac-ft | 55 km |
| O. C. Fisher Lake | 11 % full · 116k ac-ft | 66 km |
| O. H. Ivie Res nr Voss, TX | 229,900 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 106 km |
| O. H. Ivie Reservoir | 42 % full · 554k ac-ft | 106 km |
| E. V. Spence Res nr Robert Lee, TX | 47,890 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 109 km |
| E. V. Spence Reservoir | 9 % full · 517k ac-ft | 109 km |
| Brady Creek Reservoir | 84 % full · 29k ac-ft | 112 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 #
15 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 2 stale
Sites found: 15, 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 Concho Rv at Christoval, TX | flow 4.26 ft³/s | 32 km |
| San Saba Rv at FM 864 nr Fort McKavett, TX | stage 4.65 ft | 42 km |
| S Concho Rv abv Twin Buttes Res nr San Angelo, TX | flow 4.16 ft³/s | 42 km |
| S Concho Rv abv Gardner Dam nr San Angelo, TX | flow 8.50 ft³/s · STALE | 43 km |
| Dove Ck at Knickerbocker, TX | flow 105.0 ft³/s | 43 km |
| Pecan Ck nr San Angelo, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 47 km |
| Spring Ck abv Twin Buttes Res nr San Angelo, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 49 km |
| Spring Ck abv Tankersley, TX | flow 125.0 ft³/s | 49 km |
| Red Arroyo at S. Chadbourne St. nr San Angelo, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 61 km |
| Middle Concho Rv abv Tankersley, TX | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 62 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 (0.49)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.3×0.77 / 0.65
Banks & federal dollars #
$81.6 m in deposits at 1 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $17.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $17.5 m, loans $273,468), $23,046 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak Bank, National Association | $81.6 m · 100.0% share · 1 office | |
| Schleicher, TX | $17.7 m FY2026 · $23,046/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $15.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak Bank, National Association | $81,558,000 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $13,682,571 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,566,448 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $1,430,330 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $160,162 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $104,432 |
| Department of Education | $87,390 |
| Department of Transportation | -$377,904 |
That is $23,046 per covered job, against 766 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $17.7 m / 766 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $23,046
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 #
Schleicher County, TX: 8 findings, 8 noted
noteSchleicher County, TX's covered employment was 9.9% 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
- +9.9 % = 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
noteSchleicher County, TX's average weekly wage was 4.1% 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
- +4.1 % = 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
noteSchleicher County, TX's momentum index of 0.86 ranks 52nd of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.
Show the arithmetic
- 98 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteSchleicher County, TX's covered employment of +9.9% ranks 60th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of -0.2%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 98 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
noteSchleicher County, TX's momentum index of 0.86 ranks 6th of 254 Texas counties, against a median of 0.20.
Show the arithmetic
- 98 on the 0-to-100 scale across 254 Texas counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
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