Juneau County, WI
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.93, -90.11.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 59th pct · 1,226th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 28th pct · 52nd of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,900
- 89th pct · 337th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 73rd pct · 20th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median +6.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Wisconsin counties: not published this period
- 52nd pct · 1,539th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 38th pct · 45th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
- 52nd pct · 1,534th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 56th pct · 32nd of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $1,037
- 61st pct · 1,188th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 29th pct · 51st 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 $263,479 (Aug 2026), +7.5% over one year, +40.5% over five
- 59th pct · 1,226th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 28th pct · 52nd of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,900
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juneau County, WI | $263,479 · +7.5% 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 $1,442 a month on $263,479 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,546 a month: 31.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $263,479 × 80% = $210,783, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,442/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,049 × 52 / 12 = $4,546) = 32% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $263,479 / ($1,049 × 52) = 4.8
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 #
8,881 jobs at 760 employers (2026 Q1); -1.0% jobs and +4.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 52nd pct · 1,539th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 38th pct · 45th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juneau County, WI | 8,881 jobs · $1,049/wk · -1.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,652 | $1,207 | 2.31 | -4.8% |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,195 | $1,085 | 0.89 | +0.4% |
| Retail trade | 944 | $637 | 1.09 | +4.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 774 | $349 | 0.97 | -4.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 463 | $1,101 | 1.24 | +0.4% |
| Construction | 277 | $989 | 0.59 | -1.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 200 | $1,309 | 0.59 | +29.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 168 | $1,320 | 0.46 | +3.7% |
| Professional and technical services | 143 | $1,382 | 0.23 | +11.7% |
| Other services | 119 | $987 | 0.45 | -0.8% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 113 | $1,087 | 1.76 | -11.7% |
| Management of companies | 112 | $2,454 | 0.75 | -35.6% |
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 #
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 #
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 #
$590.1 m in deposits at 12 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,407, highly concentrated. $228.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $202.6 m, grants $19.6 m), $25,742 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of Mauston | $331.6 m · 56.2% share · 5 offices | |
| Royal Bank | $205.0 m · 34.7% share · 4 offices | |
| Farmers and Merchants Union Bank | $28.7 m · 4.9% share · 1 office | |
| Juneau, WI | $228.6 m FY2026 · $25,742/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $192.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Mauston | $331,621,000 | 56.2% | 5 |
| Royal Bank | $205,010,000 | 34.7% | 4 |
| Farmers and Merchants Union Bank | $28,746,000 | 4.9% | 1 |
| One Community Bank | $24,675,000 | 4.2% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 4,407 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 = 56.2² + 34.7² + 4.9² + … (1 more) = 4,407
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 | $163,730,680 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $28,184,070 |
| Department of Defense | $20,516,965 |
| Department of Agriculture | $8,778,705 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,881,456 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $991,643 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $985,854 |
| Department of Justice | $500,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $322,293 |
| General Services Administration | $295,080 |
| Department of the Interior | $256,850 |
| Department of Education | $88,316 |
That is $25,742 per covered job, against 8,881 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $228.6 m / 8,881 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $25,742
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 | 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 | -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 #
Juneau County, WI: 6 findings, 3 at a watch level and 3 noted
watchJuneau County, WI's covered employment is -1.0% 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 = -1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchJuneau County, WI's typical home value of $263,479 scores 60 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 28 across Wisconsin counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |60 across US counties - 28 across Wisconsin counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchJuneau County, WI's years of wages of 4.8 scores 61 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 30 across Wisconsin counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |61 across US counties - 30 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
noteJuneau County, WI's average weekly wage was 4.2% 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
- +4.2 % = 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
noteJuneau County, WI's covered employment was 1.0% 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
- -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 6 findings in the full brief
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