Crawford County, WI
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.24, -90.94.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 51st pct · 1,497th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 18th pct · 59th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,900
- 81st pct · 561st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 57th pct · 31st of 72 Wisconsin counties · median +6.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Wisconsin counties: not published this period
- 43rd pct · 1,819th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 23rd pct · 55th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
- 25th pct · 2,396th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 14th pct · 62nd of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $1,037
- 63rd pct · 1,126th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 32nd pct · 49th of 72 Wisconsin 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 $237,801 (Aug 2026), +6.2% over one year, +30.1% over five
- 51st pct · 1,497th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 18th pct · 59th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,900
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford County, WI | $237,801 · +6.2% 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
- Wisconsin 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 $1,302 a month on $237,801 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,034 a month: 32.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $237,801 × 80% = $190,241, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,302/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $931 × 52 / 12 = $4,034) = 32% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $237,801 / ($931 × 52) = 4.9
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 #
6,323 jobs at 498 employers (2026 Q1); -3.1% jobs and +4.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 43rd pct · 1,819th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 23rd pct · 55th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford County, WI | 6,323 jobs · $931/wk · -3.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,191 | $1,316 | 2.34 | +2.4% |
| Retail trade | 992 | $558 | 1.61 | -10.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 677 | $323 | 1.19 | +8.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 513 | $836 | 1.92 | +2.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 148 | $1,574 | 0.57 | +2.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 144 | $1,427 | 0.33 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 137 | $914 | 0.38 | +0.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 134 | $1,385 | 0.55 | +3.9% |
| Construction | 104 | $994 | 0.31 | +4.0% |
| Other services | 90 | $722 | 0.48 | -5.3% |
| Information | 62 | $819 | 0.53 | -12.7% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 35 | $325 | 0.34 | -10.3% |
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 #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
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 #
106 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 91 % · 44 stale
Sites found: 106, 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-431053090042701 | DO 1.80 mg/l · quality 75 % (4) · STALE | 70 km |
| USGS-05410490 | flow 588.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 9 km |
| Kickapoo River at Gays Mills | observation not current | 11 km |
| USGS-05409830 | flow 15.0 ft³/s · STALE | 14 km |
| Mississippi River below Lock and Dam 9 - Lynxville | no flooding | 14 km |
| USGS-05409890 | flow 147.0 ft³/s · STALE | 14 km |
| Kickapoo River at Soldiers Grove | observation not current | 21 km |
| Mississippi River at Lansing - Pool 9 | no flooding | 26 km |
| Kickapoo River at Readstown | no flooding | 27 km |
| USGS-05389000 | flow 413.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 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 #
22 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 22, 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-425551090391301 | depth 12.0 ft · 2020-10-05 | 42 km |
| USGS-430145091253002 | depth 167.8 ft · 1990-01-10 | 46 km |
| USGS-430145091253004 | depth 15.2 ft · 1990-12-23 | 46 km |
| USGS-430145091253003 | depth 68.2 ft · 1990-06-17 | 46 km |
| USGS-433931091103501 | depth 40.4 ft · 2026-09-13 | 50 km |
| USGS-433928091102501 | depth 42.1 ft · 2022-07-25 | 50 km |
| USGS-425736091260302 | depth 153.8 ft · 1991-09-29 | 51 km |
| USGS-425736091260303 | depth 184.5 ft · 1991-09-29 | 51 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 #
low (0.03)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.09 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$524.7 m in deposits at 10 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 6,656, highly concentrated. $129.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $115.8 m, grants $12.6 m), $20,403 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Peoples State Bank | $421.6 m · 80.4% share · 6 offices | |
| Royal Bank | $70.2 m · 13.4% share · 2 offices | |
| River Bank | $18.8 m · 3.6% share · 1 office | |
| Crawford, WI | $129.0 m FY2026 · $20,403/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $108.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoples State Bank | $421,641,000 | 80.4% | 6 |
| Royal Bank | $70,174,000 | 13.4% | 2 |
| River Bank | $18,827,000 | 3.6% | 1 |
| Community First Bank | $14,055,000 | 2.7% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 6,656 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 = 80.4² + 13.4² + 3.6² + … (1 more) = 6,656
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 | $97,463,612 |
| Department of Agriculture | $12,451,389 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $9,663,094 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,846,330 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $923,762 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $915,923 |
| Department of Defense | $377,299 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $239,231 |
| Department of Education | $81,447 |
| General Services Administration | $43,390 |
| Department of Justice | $0 |
That is $20,403 per covered job, against 6,323 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $129.0 m / 6,323 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $20,403
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 | 12.28 | 2026-10-04 | -0.1% |
| 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 | -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 #
Crawford County, WI: 9 findings, 1 at an alert level, 3 at a watch level and 5 noted
alertCrawford County, WI's covered employment is -3.1% 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 = -3.1 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchCrawford County, WI's covered employment is -3.1% 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 = -3.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchCrawford County, WI's typical home value of $237,801 scores 51 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 18 across Wisconsin counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 33 = |51 across US counties - 18 across Wisconsin counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchCrawford County, WI's years of wages of 4.9 scores 63 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 32 across Wisconsin counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |63 across US counties - 32 across Wisconsin 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
noteCrawford County, WI's average weekly wage was 4.1% 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
- +4.1 % = 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 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.