Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 41.84, -71.97.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
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- 76th pct · 742nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 9th of 9 Connecticut counties · median 127,451
- 74th pct · 833rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 0th pct · 9th of 9 Connecticut counties · median $1,485
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- Connecticut 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
- Connecticut 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
- Connecticut 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 #
28,642 jobs at 3,056 employers (2026 Q1); -0.4% jobs and +1.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 76th pct · 742nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 0th pct · 9th of 9 Connecticut counties · median 127,451
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 28,642 jobs · $1,181/wk · -0.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 4,939 | $978 | 1.15 | +1.5% |
| Retail trade | 3,465 | $810 | 1.24 | +2.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 2,512 | $542 | 0.98 | +0.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,477 | $1,103 | 1.22 | +24.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 845 | $1,852 | 0.43 | -1.9% |
| Administrative and waste services | 775 | $1,034 | 0.48 | -4.0% |
| Educational services | 755 | $1,222 | 1.23 | -7.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 493 | $2,627 | 0.42 | -2.2% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 348 | $692 | 1.68 | +7.4% |
| Management of companies | 161 | $4,027 | 0.34 | +1.9% |
| Real estate and rental | 132 | $1,064 | 0.30 | +9.1% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 124 | $504 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
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 #
5 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 5, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-01104480 | 78.3 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 82 km |
| USGS-01104430 | 168.1 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 85 km |
| USGS-01104425 | 168.8 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 87 km |
| USGS-422302071083801 | 16.3 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 91 km |
| USGS-01102505 | 114.4 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 94 km |
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 #
176 gauges · 0 flooding · 62 with quality panels averaging 91 % · 66 stale
Sites found: 176, 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-412240071574700 | temp 12.5 °C · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 52 km |
| USGS-412047071580800 | temp 8.50 °C · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 55 km |
| USGS-414204071111601 | DO 6.70 mg/l · quality 75 % (4) | 67 km |
| USGS-413413071270400 | stage 1.26 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 53 km |
| USGS-412932071124701 | DO 8.60 mg/l · quality 75 % (4) · STALE | 74 km |
| USGS-412141071580200 | cond. 38,500 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) · STALE | 53 km |
| USGS-413642071125701 | DO 9.40 mg/l · quality 75 % (4) · STALE | 68 km |
| USGS-413252071131501 | DO 8.60 mg/l · quality 75 % (4) · STALE | 71 km |
| USGS-01118520 | turb. 1.40 FNU · quality 80 % (5) · STALE | 57 km |
| USGS-01194796 | stage 1.75 ft · quality 80 % (5) | 67 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 #
39 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 39, 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-414240072033201 | depth 13.6 ft · 2026-10-18 | 16 km |
| USGS-415546071474701 | depth 9.82 ft · 2026-10-18 | 18 km |
| USGS-414741072134501 | depth 2.17 ft · 2026-10-18 | 22 km |
| USGS-414831072173002 | depth 19.2 ft · 2026-10-18 | 27 km |
| USGS-420610071421402 | depth 2.95 ft · 2024-02-14 | 37 km |
| USGS-413358071433801 | depth 15.1 ft · 2026-10-18 | 37 km |
| USGS-421410072081101 | depth 20.7 ft · 2026-10-18 | 46 km |
| USGS-421410072081301 | depth 19.1 ft · 2018-07-31 | 46 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 (0.03)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.09 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$1.5 bn in deposits at 20 offices of 7 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,920, highly concentrated. USAspending has no place-of-performance row for this county
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bankhometown | $393.5 m · 26.0% share · 5 offices | |
| Centreville Bank | $373.6 m · 24.7% share · 4 offices | |
| Beacon Bank and Trust | $264.6 m · 17.5% share · 3 offices |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankhometown | $393,534,000 | 26.0% | 5 |
| Centreville Bank | $373,578,000 | 24.7% | 4 |
| Beacon Bank and Trust | $264,579,000 | 17.5% | 3 |
| Jewett City Savings Bank | $218,098,000 | 14.4% | 4 |
| KeyBank National Association | $134,906,000 | 8.9% | 2 |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | $71,024,000 | 4.7% | 1 |
| Ascend Bank | $55,055,000 | 3.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,920 across 7 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 7 banks with deposits in the county = 26.0² + 24.7² + 17.5² + … (4 more) = 1,920
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 | $568,318,252 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $73,848,070 |
| Department of Transportation | $46,938,978 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $8,427,132 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $7,960,410 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,256,595 |
| Department of Defense | $3,387,114 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,669,830 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $1,431,881 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,145,855 |
| Department of Education | $341,261 |
| Department of Commerce | $246,310 |
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 #
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT: 9 findings, 4 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT's covered employment is -0.4% 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 = -0.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT's covered employment of 28,642 scores 77 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 0 across Connecticut counties, a gap of 77 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 77 = |77 across US counties - 0 across Connecticut counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT's average weekly wage of $1,181 scores 74 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 0 across Connecticut counties, a gap of 74 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 74 = |74 across US counties - 0 across Connecticut counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT's covered employment of -0.4% scores 47 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 81 across Connecticut counties, a gap of 34 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 34 = |47 across US counties - 81 across Connecticut counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT'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
Read all 9 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.