Taylor County, WI
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 45.21, -90.50.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 50th pct · 1,517th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 16th pct · 60th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,900
- 93rd pct · 202nd of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 81st pct · 14th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median +6.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Wisconsin counties: not published this period
- 48th pct · 1,666th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 33rd pct · 48th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
- 35th pct · 2,074th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 33rd pct · 48th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $1,037
- 57th pct · 1,294th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 22nd pct · 56th 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 $235,585 (Aug 2026), +9.0% over one year, +13.4% over five
- 50th pct · 1,517th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 16th pct · 60th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,900
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor County, WI | $235,585 · +9.0% 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 $1,290 a month on $235,585 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,221 a month: 30.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $235,585 × 80% = $188,468, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,290/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $974 × 52 / 12 = $4,221) = 31% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $235,585 / ($974 × 52) = 4.7
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 #
7,668 jobs at 551 employers (2026 Q1); -0.9% jobs and +2.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 48th pct · 1,666th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 33rd pct · 48th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor County, WI | 7,668 jobs · $974/wk · -0.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,616 | $1,183 | 4.24 | -1.5% |
| Retail trade | 819 | $614 | 1.10 | -0.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 514 | $319 | 0.75 | -10.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 348 | $1,134 | 1.08 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 290 | $818 | 5.24 | -5.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 231 | $786 | 0.53 | +26.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 230 | $1,498 | 0.74 | -1.7% |
| Construction | 206 | $1,229 | 0.51 | +1.0% |
| Other services | 124 | $695 | 0.54 | +6.0% |
| Information | 42 | $1,352 | 0.30 | -2.3% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 41 | $240 | 0.32 | +24.2% |
| Real estate and rental | 22 | $548 | 0.19 | +4.8% |
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 #
D2 severe 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 #
high (0.50)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$660.4 m in deposits at 6 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,334, highly concentrated. $120.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $121.0 m, contracts $316,524), $15,758 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolet National Bank | $203.6 m · 30.8% share · 1 office | |
| Prevail Bank | $172.9 m · 26.2% share · 1 office | |
| AbbyBank | $125.6 m · 19.0% share · 1 office | |
| Taylor, WI | $120.8 m FY2026 · $15,758/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolet National Bank | $203,603,000 | 30.8% | 1 |
| Prevail Bank | $172,923,000 | 26.2% | 1 |
| AbbyBank | $125,627,000 | 19.0% | 1 |
| Forward Bank | $111,964,000 | 17.0% | 2 |
| Associated Bank, National Association | $46,305,000 | 7.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,334 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 = 30.8² + 26.2² + 19.0² + … (2 more) = 2,334
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 #
That is $15,758 per covered job, against 7,668 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $120.8 m / 7,668 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,758
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 #
Taylor County, WI: 7 findings, 3 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchTaylor County, WI's covered employment is -0.9% 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 = -0.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchTaylor County, WI's years of wages of 4.7 scores 58 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 23 across Wisconsin counties, a gap of 35 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 35 = |58 across US counties - 23 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
watchTaylor County, WI's typical home value of $235,585 scores 50 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 17 across Wisconsin counties, a gap of 34 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 34 = |50 across US counties - 17 across Wisconsin counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteTaylor County, WI's average weekly wage was 2.1% 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
- +2.1 % = 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
noteTaylor County, WI's covered employment was 0.9% 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
- -0.9 % = 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 7 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.