Duchesne County, UT
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 40.29, -110.43.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 83rd pct · 511th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 33rd pct · 19th of 28 Utah counties · median $450,730
- 72nd pct · 848th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 81st pct · 6th of 28 Utah counties · median +2.9%
- US counties: not published this period
- Utah counties: not published this period
- 52nd pct · 1,536th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 50th pct · 15th of 29 Utah counties · median 8,951
- 76th pct · 744th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 75th pct · 8th of 29 Utah counties · median $1,042
- 79th pct · 640th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 18th pct · 23rd of 28 Utah counties · median 8.3
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 $377,742 (Aug 2026), +5.0% over one year, +47.6% over five
- 83rd pct · 511th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 33rd pct · 19th of 28 Utah counties · median $450,730
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Duchesne County, UT | $377,742 · +5.0% 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
- Utah 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 $2,068 a month on $377,742 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,222 a month: 39.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $377,742 × 80% = $302,194, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,068/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,205 × 52 / 12 = $5,222) = 40% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $377,742 / ($1,205 × 52) = 6.0
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 #
8,951 jobs at 862 employers (2026 Q1); -2.0% jobs and -0.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 52nd pct · 1,536th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 50th pct · 15th of 29 Utah counties · median 8,951
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Duchesne County, UT | 8,951 jobs · $1,205/wk · -2.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining, oil and gas | 1,585 | $1,995 | 49.73 | -1.9% |
| Retail trade | 876 | $713 | 1.00 | -4.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 864 | $1,733 | 2.29 | +2.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 541 | $334 | 0.67 | +1.3% |
| Construction | 474 | $1,128 | 1.01 | -21.0% |
| Information | 259 | $1,469 | 1.57 | -9.8% |
| Other services | 195 | $794 | 0.73 | +2.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 191 | $1,334 | 0.56 | +6.1% |
| Manufacturing | 174 | $1,162 | 0.24 | -20.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 162 | $1,179 | 0.32 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 147 | $1,428 | 1.07 | -13.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 115 | $1,110 | 0.32 | +6.5% |
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 #
D2 severe 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 #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 #
42 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 88 % · 22 stale
Sites found: 42, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DUCHESNE RIV ABV KNIGHT DIVERSION, NR DUCHESNE, UT | flow 105.0 ft³/s · STALE | 2 km |
| ROCK CREEK NEAR TALMAGE, UT | flow 58.0 ft³/s · STALE | 6 km |
| STRAWBERRY R BLW STARVATION RES NR DUCHESNE, UT | flow 236.0 ft³/s · STALE | 13 km |
| DUCHESNE RIVER NEAR TABIONA, UT | flow 77.5 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) · no flooding | 15 km |
| STRAWBERRY RIVER NEAR DUCHESNE, UT | flow 56.8 ft³/s | 18 km |
| YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR ALTONAH, UT | flow 104.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 26 km |
| ROCK CREEK NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME, UT | flow 46.6 ft³/s · no flooding | 26 km |
| LAKE FORK RIVER NEAR MYTON, UT | flow 15.9 ft³/s | 28 km |
| YELLOWSTONE R @ BRIDGE CMPGRND NR ALTONAH, UT | flow 110.0 ft³/s | 30 km |
| LAKE FORK RIVER BL MOON LAKE NR MOUNTAIN HOME, UT | flow 5.25 ft³/s | 30 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 #
3 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-402312109545701 | depth 12.4 ft · 2026-10-05 | 45 km |
| USGS-395005111003001 | depth 1.74 ft · 1983-11-10 | 71 km |
| USGS-403158109372201 | depth 6.62 ft · 2006-06-08 | 73 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 #
moderate (0.36)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.2×0.13 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$346.0 m in deposits at 3 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 7,085, highly concentrated. $138.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $105.0 m, grants $30.6 m), $15,503 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $284.7 m · 82.3% share · 2 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $61.3 m · 17.7% share · 1 office | |
| Duchesne, UT | $138.8 m FY2026 · $15,503/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $100.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $284,731,000 | 82.3% | 2 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $61,288,000 | 17.7% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 7,085 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 = 82.3² + 17.7² = 7,085
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 | $90,410,290 |
| Department of Agriculture | $26,669,242 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $11,005,994 |
| Department of the Interior | $4,961,942 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,556,412 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $927,128 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $731,387 |
| Department of Education | $326,720 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $180,459 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $562 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $15,503 per covered job, against 8,951 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $138.8 m / 8,951 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,503
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 | 12.69 | 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 #
Duchesne County, UT: 8 findings, 4 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchDuchesne County, UT's covered employment is -2.0% 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 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchDuchesne County, UT's average weekly wage is -0.1% 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 = -0.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchDuchesne County, UT's years of wages of 6.0 scores 79 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 19 across Utah counties, a gap of 61 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 61 = |79 across US counties - 19 across Utah counties|
- 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
watchDuchesne County, UT's typical home value of $377,742 scores 83 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 33 across Utah counties, a gap of 50 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 50 = |83 across US counties - 33 across Utah counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteDuchesne County, UT's covered employment was 2.0% 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 % = 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.