Klickitat County, WA: 18 findings, 1 at an alert level, 5 at a watch level and 12 noted
18 findings fired for Klickitat County, WA this run, against a typical home value of $471,262 in August 2026 and covered employment of 6,503 in 2026 Q1. 6 further findings are not listed here.
Rules version 1. Assembled 2026-10-07. Back to Klickitat County, WA.
12 findings #
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
watchKlickitat County, WA's typical home value of $471,262 scores 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 58 across Washington counties, a gap of 34 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 34 = |92 across US counties - 58 across Washington counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteKlickitat County, WA's covered employment was 4.7% 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
- -4.7 % = 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
noteKlickitat County, WA's average weekly wage was 2.7% 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
- +2.7 % = 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
noteKlickitat County, WA's typical home value rose 0.3% from $469,637 in July 2026 to $471,262 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (471262.1527178069 - 469637.2714788115) / 469637.2714788115 × 100
- 471262.1527178069 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 469637.2714788115 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Klickitat County, WA could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.
Show the arithmetic
- not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct
the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries
noteKlickitat County, WA's covered employment of -4.7% ranks 38th of 39 Washington counties, against a median of -0.3%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 39 Washington counties that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteKlickitat County, WA's momentum index of -0.16 ranks 37th of 39 Washington counties, against a median of 0.14.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 5 on the 0-to-100 scale across 39 Washington 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
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