FIPS 51087, VA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 37.54, -77.40.
Assembled 2026-10-02. Read the brief.
- 86th pct · 426th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 36th pct · 1,949th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 73rd pct · 369th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 94th pct · 169th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 95th pct · 161st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 59th pct · 1,240th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
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 #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- 86th pct · 426th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
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
- 73rd pct · 369th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
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 #
No QCEW row for this area
- 94th pct · 169th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 27,652 | $1,296 | 0.96 | +1.1% |
| Retail trade | 20,071 | $812 | 1.08 | -0.7% |
| Professional and technical services | 18,189 | $2,317 | 1.38 | -9.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 14,962 | $527 | 0.87 | -2.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 13,314 | $1,109 | 1.23 | -3.2% |
| Construction | 11,804 | $1,803 | 1.18 | +2.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 11,127 | $4,265 | 1.43 | -1.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 8,543 | $900 | 1.06 | -1.9% |
| Management of companies | 7,837 | $3,963 | 2.45 | +1.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 6,878 | $2,131 | 0.94 | -1.0% |
| Other services | 6,113 | $1,012 | 1.07 | +2.8% |
| Real estate and rental | 4,865 | $2,042 | 1.66 | +4.8% |
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.
Water #
Banks and federal dollars #
Federal obligations #
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 | 16.50 | 2026-09-30 | -11.7% |
| 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 · % | 71.30 | 2026-10-01 | +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 · % | 4.10 | 2026-08-01 | +0.0% |
| 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 #
FIPS 51087, VA: 9 findings, 1 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchFIPS 51087, VA's covered employment is -0.6% 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 = -0.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteFIPS 51087, VA's average weekly wage was 6.4% 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
- +6.4 % = 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
noteFIPS 51087, VA's covered employment was 0.6% 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
- -0.6 % = 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
noteFIPS 51087, VA's typical asking rent fell 0.6% from $1,812 in July 2026 to $1,801 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.6% = (1801.1368346116951 - 1811.8830717129863) / 1811.8830717129863 × 100
- 1801.1368346116951 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1811.8830717129863 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
noteFIPS 51087, VA's average weekly wage of $1,623 ranks 161st of 3,221 US counties, against a median of $1,039.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 95 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.