Los Angeles County, CA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.20, -118.26.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 98th pct · 32nd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 82nd pct · 11th of 58 California counties · median $494,569
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 24th pct · 2,297th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 52nd pct · 28th of 58 California counties · median +0.4%
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 96th pct · 47th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 68th pct · 16th of 48 California counties · median $2,448
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 100th pct · 1st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 100th pct · 1st of 58 California counties · median 74,865
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 96th pct · 121st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 85th pct · 9th of 58 California counties · median $1,206
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 97th pct · 89th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 78th pct · 13th of 58 California counties · median 7.2
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $871,674 (Sep 2026), +0.4% over one year, +13.1% over five
- 98th pct · 32nd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 82nd pct · 11th of 58 California counties · median $494,569
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | $871,674 · +0.4% 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 #
Typical rent $2,806/mo (Sep 2026), +1.3% over one year; price-to-rent 25.9
- 96th pct · 47th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 68th pct · 16th of 48 California counties · median $2,448
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | $2,806/mo · +1.3% 1-yr |
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 $4,828 a month on $871,674 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,384 a month: 65.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $871,674 × 80% = $697,340, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $4,828/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,704 × 52 / 12 = $7,384) = 65% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $871,674 / ($1,704 × 52) = 9.8
- price-to-rent = $871,674 / ($2,806 × 12) = 25.9
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 #
4.55 m jobs at 609,719 employers (2026 Q1); +1.0% jobs and +1.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 100th pct · 1st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 100th pct · 1st of 58 California counties · median 74,865
- counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 4.55 m jobs · $1,704/wk · +1.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 883,668 | $1,084 | 1.29 | +4.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 428,459 | $738 | 1.05 | -0.3% |
| Retail trade | 381,324 | $1,008 | 0.86 | -2.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 320,504 | $2,591 | 1.02 | +2.4% |
| Manufacturing | 295,908 | $2,069 | 0.81 | -2.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 268,029 | $1,106 | 1.04 | -0.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 194,831 | $1,758 | 1.02 | -1.1% |
| Information | 184,276 | $3,646 | 2.20 | +10.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 180,069 | $1,773 | 1.03 | -3.0% |
| Other services | 148,981 | $1,075 | 1.10 | -0.6% |
| Construction | 144,402 | $1,731 | 0.61 | +0.0% |
| Educational services | 125,628 | $1,373 | 1.28 | -1.2% |
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 #
$509.9 bn in deposits at 1,391 offices of 91 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 961, unconcentrated. $72.8 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $53.4 bn, contracts $15.2 bn), $16,017 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $96.8 bn · 19.0% share · 240 offices | |
| Bank of America, National Association | $78.7 bn · 15.4% share · 198 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $59.6 bn · 11.7% share · 178 offices | |
| Los Angeles, CA | $72.8 bn FY2026 · $16,017/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $96,778,554,000 | 19.0% | 240 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $78,683,823,000 | 15.4% | 198 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $59,627,964,000 | 11.7% | 178 |
| City National Bank | $50,962,464,000 | 10.0% | 30 |
| East West Bank | $37,587,337,000 | 7.4% | 37 |
| Citibank, National Association | $24,676,000,000 | 4.8% | 98 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $18,291,810,000 | 3.6% | 131 |
| Banc of California | $15,238,253,000 | 3.0% | 28 |
| HSBC Bank USA, National Association | $13,359,277,000 | 2.6% | 2 |
| Cathay Bank | $9,695,728,000 | 1.9% | 15 |
Deposit concentration is 961 across 87 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls unconcentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 87 banks with deposits in the county = 19.0² + 15.4² + 11.7² + … (84 more) = 961
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 $16,017 per covered job, against 4,548,021 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $72.8 bn / 4.55 m covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $16,017
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 | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| 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 · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +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 | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| 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 | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| 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 | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
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 #
Los Angeles County, CA: 13 findings, 3 at a watch level and 10 noted
watchLos Angeles County, CA's years of wages of 9.8 ranks 89th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages percentile = 97.12606139777922 >= 90
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
watchLos Angeles County, CA's price-to-rent ratio of 25.9 ranks 74th of 1,358 US counties, a watch level here: price-to-rent in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: priceToRent percentile = 94.620486366986 >= 90
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level
watchLos Angeles County, CA's price-to-rent ratio is 25.9, a watch level here: typical home value worth 25 or more years of typical rent (typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; 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 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: priceToRent = 25.8865457759691 >= 25
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteLos Angeles County, CA's average weekly wage was 1.5% 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
- +1.5 % = 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
noteLos Angeles County, CA's covered employment was 1.0% 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
- +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 12 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.