Lexington city, VA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 37.78, -79.44.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
- 79th pct · 622nd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 59th pct · 54th of 133 Virginia counties · median $307,999
- 43rd pct · 1,742nd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 36th pct · 85th of 133 Virginia counties · median +2.9%
- US counties: not published this period
- Virginia counties: not published this period
- 40th pct · 1,921st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 39th pct · 81st of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- 34th pct · 2,113th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 31st pct · 92nd of 133 Virginia counties · median $1,048
- 88th pct · 357th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 75th pct · 34th of 133 Virginia counties · median 5.4
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 $353,734 (Aug 2026), +2.4% over one year, +28.3% over five
- 79th pct · 622nd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 59th pct · 54th of 133 Virginia counties · median $307,999
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lexington city, VA | $353,734 · +2.4% 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
- Virginia 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 $1,936 a month on $353,734 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,199 a month: 46.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $353,734 × 80% = $282,987, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,936/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $969 × 52 / 12 = $4,199) = 46% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $353,734 / ($969 × 52) = 7.0
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 #
5,610 jobs at 319 employers (2026 Q1); -2.3% jobs and +4.6% average weekly wage over the year
- 40th pct · 1,921st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 39th pct · 81st of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lexington city, VA | 5,610 jobs · $969/wk · -2.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 804 | $487 | 1.60 | -13.4% |
| Other services | 162 | $1,127 | 0.97 | +0.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 145 | $965 | 0.37 | -8.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 103 | $2,117 | 0.45 | -14.2% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 22 | $940 | 0.24 | +22.2% |
| Real estate and rental | 20 | $1,164 | 0.23 | -23.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 7 | $444 | 0.02 | -12.5% |
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Retail trade | 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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 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 (0.25)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$503.6 m in deposits at 6 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,086, highly concentrated. $58.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $56.1 m, contracts $2.4 m), $10,502 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Truist Bank | $204.0 m · 40.5% share · 1 office | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $147.2 m · 29.2% share · 1 office | |
| CornerStone Bank | $120.0 m · 23.8% share · 2 offices | |
| Lexington (City), VA | $58.9 m FY2026 · $10,502/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $51.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truist Bank | $203,987,000 | 40.5% | 1 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $147,171,000 | 29.2% | 1 |
| CornerStone Bank | $120,044,000 | 23.8% | 2 |
| Bank of the James | $21,375,000 | 4.2% | 1 |
| City National Bank of West Virginia | $11,028,000 | 2.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,086 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 40.5² + 29.2² + 23.8² + … (2 more) = 3,086
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 | $39,250,139 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $11,776,365 |
| Department of Education | $4,201,713 |
| Department of Defense | $2,577,100 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $473,235 |
| Department of Agriculture | $217,606 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $204,978 |
| Department of Transportation | $154,500 |
| Department of Justice | $50,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $8,373 |
| Department of the Treasury | $5,000 |
That is $10,502 per covered job, against 5,610 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $58.9 m / 5,610 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $10,502
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 | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| 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 #
Lexington city, VA: 6 findings, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchLexington city, VA'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
noteLexington city, VA's average weekly wage was 4.6% 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
- +4.6 % = 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
noteLexington city, VA'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
noteLexington city, VA's typical home value rose 0.6% from $351,776 in July 2026 to $353,734 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.6% = (353734.10169546906 - 351775.63197362906) / 351775.63197362906 × 100
- 353734.10169546906 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 351775.63197362906 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Lexington city, VA is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
Read all 6 findings in the full brief
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