Utuado Municipio, PR
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 18.27, -66.70.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 28th pct · 2,306th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 33rd pct · 52nd of 78 Puerto Rico counties · median 4,800
- 0th pct · 3,197th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 31st pct · 54th of 78 Puerto Rico counties · median $553
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- Puerto Rico counties: not published this period
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 #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Puerto Rico counties: not published this period
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 #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- Puerto Rico 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 #
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 #
3,516 jobs at 304 employers (2026 Q1); -2.8% jobs and -0.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 28th pct · 2,306th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 33rd pct · 52nd of 78 Puerto Rico counties · median 4,800
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Utuado Municipio, PR | 3,516 jobs · $507/wk · -2.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 530 | $365 | 1.55 | +0.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 203 | $289 | 0.64 | -2.4% |
| Manufacturing | 169 | $359 | 0.60 | -0.6% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 142 | $217 | 5.59 | -9.0% |
| Construction | 127 | $391 | 0.69 | +15.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 62 | $634 | 0.26 | -3.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 53 | $314 | 0.27 | +6.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 44 | $473 | 0.33 | -10.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 38 | $729 | 0.27 | -22.4% |
| Other services | 24 | $283 | 0.23 | +9.1% |
| Information | 21 | $520 | 0.32 | -4.5% |
| Real estate and rental | 15 | $831 | 0.28 | -25.0% |
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 #
143 gauges · 0 flooding · 3 with quality panels averaging 78 % · 55 stale
Sites found: 143, 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-50048580 | DO 0.30 mg/l · quality 63 % (4) | 64 km |
| USGS-50048570 | turb. 31.1 FNU · quality 70 % (5) | 63 km |
| USGS-50024400 | flow 11.0 ft³/s · STALE | 3 km |
| USGS-50024950 | flow 125.0 ft³/s | 3 km |
| USGS-50021700 | flow 19.8 ft³/s | 4 km |
| USGS-50026200 | flow 24.0 ft³/s · STALE | 7 km |
| USGS-50021030 | flow 7.20 ft³/s · STALE | 8 km |
| USGS-50026025 | flow 34.0 ft³/s | 8 km |
| USGS-50027920 | stage 3.19 ft · STALE | 8 km |
| USGS-50025850 | flow 4.30 ft³/s · STALE | 9 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 #
130 wells in 3 named aquifers: South Coast aquifer (Puerto Rico), North Coast Limestone aquifer system (Puerto Rico), Other aquifers
Sites found: 130, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Coast Limestone aquifer system (Puerto Rico) | depth 141.2 ft · 2023-10-09 | 17 km |
| CAMPO ALEGRE 4 WELL, HATILLO, PR | depth 211.2 ft · 2000-05-11 | 17 km |
| North Coast Limestone aquifer system (Puerto Rico) | depth 137.1 ft · 2007-07-04 | 18 km |
| USGS-182639066385200 | depth 100.3 ft · 2026-10-06 | 20 km |
| USGS-182616066364100 | depth 313.1 ft · 2002-09-30 | 21 km |
| USGS-182637066475900 | depth 311.5 ft · 2026-10-06 | 22 km |
| USGS-182544066341500 | depth 18.1 ft · 1991-04-28 | 22 km |
| USGS-182756066454700 | depth 161.1 ft · 2003-01-20 | 22 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 (0.08)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.22 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$131.0 m in deposits at 1 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $142.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $109.5 m, grants $27.4 m), $40,512 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | $131.0 m · 100.0% share · 1 office | |
| Utuado, PR | $142.4 m FY2026 · $40,512/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $104.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | $131,000,000 | 100.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 10,000 across 1 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 1 banks with deposits in the county = 100.0² = 10,000
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 | $91,112,947 |
| Department of Transportation | $21,952,798 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $13,026,082 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $9,776,981 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,337,858 |
| Department of Education | $1,853,562 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,266,853 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $1,080,277 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $19,200 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $14,525 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $40,512 per covered job, against 3,516 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $142.4 m / 3,516 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $40,512
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 | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| 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 #
Utuado Municipio, PR: 9 findings, 4 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchUtuado Municipio, PR's covered employment is -2.8% 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 = -2.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchUtuado Municipio, PR's average weekly wage is -0.8% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; 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.avgWeeklyWage = -0.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchUtuado Municipio, PR's momentum index is -0.57, a watch level here: momentum index in the cooling band (the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; 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.
Show the arithmetic
- test: momentum = -0.5696969696969696 <= -0.25
- 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%)
the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchUtuado Municipio, PR's average weekly wage of $507 scores 1 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 31 across Puerto Rico counties, a gap of 30 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 30 = |1 across US counties - 31 across Puerto Rico counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteUtuado Municipio, PR's covered employment was 2.8% 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
- -2.8 % = 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
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