Klickitat County, WA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 45.87, -120.78.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
- 91st pct · 253rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 57th pct · 17th of 39 Washington counties · median $433,836
- 34th pct · 1,996th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 84th pct · 7th of 39 Washington counties · median +0.4%
- 57th pct · 596th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 28th pct · 21st of 29 Washington counties · median $1,767
- 44th pct · 1,793rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 26th pct · 29th of 39 Washington counties · median 18,771
- 89th pct · 346th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 73rd pct · 11th of 39 Washington counties · median $1,237
- 84th pct · 490th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 44th pct · 22nd of 39 Washington counties · median 6.7
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 $471,262 (Aug 2026), +1.6% over one year, +10.5% over five
- 91st pct · 253rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 57th pct · 17th of 39 Washington counties · median $433,836
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Klickitat County, WA | $471,262 · +1.6% 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 $1,584/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 24.8
- 57th pct · 596th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 28th pct · 21st of 29 Washington counties · median $1,767
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Klickitat County, WA | $1,584/mo · n/a 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 $2,580 a month on $471,262 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $6,036 a month: 42.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $471,262 × 80% = $377,010, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,580/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,393 × 52 / 12 = $6,036) = 43% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $471,262 / ($1,393 × 52) = 6.5
- price-to-rent = $471,262 / ($1,584 × 12) = 24.8
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 #
6,503 jobs at 838 employers (2026 Q1); -4.7% jobs and +2.7% average weekly wage over the year
- 44th pct · 1,793rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 26th pct · 29th of 39 Washington counties · median 18,771
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Klickitat County, WA | 6,503 jobs · $1,393/wk · -4.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 956 | $1,965 | 1.83 | -8.4% |
| Retail trade | 496 | $783 | 0.78 | +16.4% |
| Health care and social assistance | 396 | $1,081 | 0.40 | +1.5% |
| Administrative and waste services | 371 | $1,470 | 1.00 | +8.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 357 | $493 | 0.61 | +5.9% |
| Other services | 311 | $1,453 | 1.60 | -15.0% |
| Construction | 234 | $1,001 | 0.69 | +10.9% |
| Utilities | 129 | $3,387 | 5.02 | +143.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 104 | $1,641 | 0.38 | -24.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 87 | $1,700 | 0.35 | -11.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 87 | $2,066 | 0.33 | -22.3% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 74 | $393 | 0.69 | +117.6% |
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 #
D0 abnormally dry
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 #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$434.2 m in deposits at 7 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,075, highly concentrated. $216.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $184.5 m, contracts $15.8 m), $33,223 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia Bank | $160.5 m · 37.0% share · 2 offices | |
| Riverview Bank | $137.6 m · 31.7% share · 2 offices | |
| 1st Security Bank of Washington | $112.9 m · 26.0% share · 2 offices | |
| Klickitat, WA | $216.1 m FY2026 · $33,223/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $180.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Bank | $160,474,000 | 37.0% | 2 |
| Riverview Bank | $137,627,000 | 31.7% | 2 |
| 1st Security Bank of Washington | $112,901,000 | 26.0% | 2 |
| First Interstate Bank | $23,192,000 | 5.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,075 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 37.0² + 31.7² + 26.0² + … (1 more) = 3,075
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 | $157,425,411 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $19,935,939 |
| Department of Defense | $13,582,233 |
| Department of Commerce | $7,292,504 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,345,063 |
| Department of Agriculture | $5,322,671 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $2,903,133 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $1,084,578 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $937,887 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $457,232 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $371,964 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $203,033 |
That is $33,223 per covered job, against 6,503 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $216.1 m / 6,503 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $33,223
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 #
Klickitat County, WA: 18 findings, 1 at an alert level, 5 at a watch level and 12 noted
alertKlickitat County, WA's covered employment is -4.7% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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.emp = -4.7 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchKlickitat County, WA's covered employment is -4.7% 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 = -4.7 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchKlickitat County, WA's price-to-rent ratio of 24.8 ranks 94th of 1,399 US counties, a watch level here: price-to-rent in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; 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: priceToRent percentile = 93.34763948497854 >= 90
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level
watchKlickitat County, WA's typical home value of +1.6% scores 35 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 84 across Washington counties, a gap of 49 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 49 = |35 across US counties - 84 across Washington counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchKlickitat County, WA's years of wages of 6.5 scores 84 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 45 across Washington counties, a gap of 39 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 39 = |84 across US counties - 45 across Washington 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
Read all 12 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.