Crook County, WY
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 44.59, -104.57.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 89th pct · 334th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 77th pct · 6th of 23 Wyoming counties · median $331,063
- 40th pct · 1,831st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 63rd pct · 9th of 23 Wyoming counties · median +1.9%
- US counties: not published this period
- Wyoming counties: not published this period
- 19th pct · 2,579th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 20th of 23 Wyoming counties · median 6,490
- 70th pct · 957th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 54th pct · 11th of 23 Wyoming counties · median $1,131
- 89th pct · 314th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 81st pct · 5th of 23 Wyoming counties · median 5.5
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 $432,390 (Aug 2026), +2.1% over one year, +37.5% over five
- 89th pct · 334th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 77th pct · 6th of 23 Wyoming counties · median $331,063
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Crook County, WY | $432,390 · +2.1% 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
- Wyoming 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 $2,367 a month on $432,390 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,983 a month: 47.5% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $432,390 × 80% = $345,912, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,367/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,150 × 52 / 12 = $4,983) = 47% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $432,390 / ($1,150 × 52) = 7.2
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 #
2,432 jobs at 398 employers (2026 Q1); -4.9% jobs and +3.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 19th pct · 2,579th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 20th of 23 Wyoming counties · median 6,490
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Crook County, WY | 2,432 jobs · $1,150/wk · -4.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining, oil and gas | 247 | $1,723 | 28.52 | -39.2% |
| Manufacturing | 238 | $1,443 | 1.22 | +13.3% |
| Retail trade | 238 | $666 | 1.00 | +5.8% |
| Construction | 190 | $992 | 1.49 | -16.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 184 | $413 | 0.84 | +5.7% |
| Professional and technical services | 97 | $2,066 | 0.58 | +5.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 75 | $1,563 | 0.81 | -7.4% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 60 | $525 | 3.42 | +36.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 59 | $1,266 | 0.60 | +20.4% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 34 | $824 | 0.85 | +47.8% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld |
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 #
$358.1 m in deposits at 3 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,219, highly concentrated. $82.5 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $56.9 m, grants $17.0 m), $33,931 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sundance State Bank | $244.4 m · 68.2% share · 1 office | |
| Pinnacle Bank - Wyoming | $76.0 m · 21.2% share · 1 office | |
| Summit National Bank | $37.7 m · 10.5% share · 1 office | |
| Crook, WY | $82.5 m FY2026 · $33,931/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $55.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundance State Bank | $244,370,000 | 68.2% | 1 |
| Pinnacle Bank - Wyoming | $75,999,000 | 21.2% | 1 |
| Summit National Bank | $37,699,000 | 10.5% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,219 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 68.2² + 21.2² + 10.5² = 5,219
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 | $48,391,920 |
| Department of Transportation | $16,964,515 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $5,800,427 |
| Department of the Interior | $5,221,846 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,847,224 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,112,017 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $131,200 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $50,000 |
That is $33,931 per covered job, against 2,432 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $82.5 m / 2,432 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $33,931
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 #
Crook County, WY: 9 findings, 1 at an alert level, 1 at a watch level and 7 noted
alertCrook County, WY's covered employment is -4.9% 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 = -4.9 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchCrook County, WY's covered employment is -4.9% 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 = -4.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteCrook County, WY's covered employment was 4.9% 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
- -4.9 % = 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
noteCrook County, WY's average weekly wage was 3.1% 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
- +3.1 % = 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
noteCrook County, WY's typical home value rose 0.5% from $430,174 in July 2026 to $432,390 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (432389.5937383441 - 430174.13192179287) / 430174.13192179287 × 100
- 432389.5937383441 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 430174.13192179287 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 9 findings in the full brief
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