New Castle County, DE
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 39.58, -75.64.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 82nd pct · 552nd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 40th pct · 7th of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median $381,762
- 33rd pct · 2,040th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 10th pct · 10th of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median +2.6%
- 77th pct · 312th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 40th pct · 7th of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median $2,013
- 96th pct · 101st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 80th pct · 3rd of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median 217,338
- 97th pct · 82nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 80th pct · 3rd of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median $1,505
- 42nd pct · 1,771st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 10th pct · 10th of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median 4.8
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 $366,105 (Sep 2026), +1.4% over one year, +25.7% over five
- 82nd pct · 552nd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 40th pct · 7th of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median $381,762
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| New Castle County, DE | $366,105 · +1.4% 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 $1,863/mo (Sep 2026), +3.1% over one year; price-to-rent 16.4
- 77th pct · 312th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 40th pct · 7th of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median $2,013
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| New Castle County, DE | $1,863/mo · +3.1% 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 $2,028 a month on $366,105 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,913 a month: 25.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $366,105 × 80% = $292,884, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,028/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,826 × 52 / 12 = $7,913) = 26% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $366,105 / ($1,826 × 52) = 3.9
- price-to-rent = $366,105 / ($1,863 × 12) = 16.4
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 #
303,264 jobs at 28,318 employers (2026 Q1); -0.5% jobs and +3.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 96th pct · 101st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- Delaware counties: Rank context is unavailable: 3 of Delaware counties are in the table, fewer than the 5 a rank needs.
- 80th pct · 3rd of 11 counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro · median 217,338
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| New Castle County, DE | 303,264 jobs · $1,826/wk · -0.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 55,477 | $1,445 | 1.22 | +2.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 37,264 | $4,015 | 3.02 | -2.0% |
| Retail trade | 27,558 | $808 | 0.93 | -3.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 21,812 | $521 | 0.80 | -1.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 17,702 | $1,042 | 1.38 | -1.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 17,431 | $1,224 | 1.01 | +0.6% |
| Construction | 14,463 | $1,593 | 0.91 | -2.5% |
| Other services | 8,286 | $921 | 0.91 | +0.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 7,984 | $2,100 | 0.69 | -1.3% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 6,032 | $588 | 1.21 | -0.5% |
| Educational services | 4,213 | $1,291 | 0.65 | -4.7% |
| Real estate and rental | 4,005 | $1,566 | 0.86 | +2.0% |
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 #
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 #
$471.6 bn in deposits at 149 offices of 27 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,661, highly concentrated. $4.0 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $3.4 bn, grants $510.5 m), $13,286 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $312.9 bn · 66.3% share · 2 offices | |
| TD Bank, National Association | $59.0 bn · 12.5% share · 10 offices | |
| Barclays Bank Delaware | $35.3 bn · 7.5% share · 1 office | |
| New Castle, DE | $4.0 bn FY2026 · $13,286/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $3.3 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One, National Association | $312,884,340,000 | 66.3% | 2 |
| TD Bank, National Association | $59,025,633,000 | 12.5% | 10 |
| Barclays Bank Delaware | $35,315,000,000 | 7.5% | 1 |
| TD Bank USA, National Association | $27,178,460,000 | 5.8% | 1 |
| Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | $13,338,390,000 | 2.8% | 18 |
| Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | $7,815,334,000 | 1.7% | 19 |
| Comenity Bank | $4,008,565,000 | 0.9% | 1 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $3,958,336,000 | 0.8% | 23 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $2,615,926,000 | 0.6% | 10 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $2,039,623,000 | 0.4% | 11 |
Deposit concentration is 4,661 across 22 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 22 banks with deposits in the county = 66.3² + 12.5² + 7.5² + … (19 more) = 4,661
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 | $2,873,110,173 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $280,834,129 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $271,088,050 |
| Department of Transportation | $232,486,897 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $120,457,408 |
| Department of Education | $63,327,407 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $41,598,011 |
| National Science Foundation | $41,197,795 |
| Department of Defense | $30,818,305 |
| Department of Commerce | $16,791,178 |
| Department of Justice | $15,038,054 |
| Department of Agriculture | $11,930,444 |
That is $13,286 per covered job, against 303,264 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $4.0 bn / 303,264 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $13,286
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 #
New Castle County, DE: 13 findings, 4 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchNew Castle County, DE's covered employment is -0.5% 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 = -0.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchNew Castle County, DE's typical home value of $366,105 scores 82 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 40 across counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro, a gap of 42 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 42 = |82 across US counties - 40 across counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchNew Castle County, DE's typical asking rent of $1,863 scores 77 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 40 across counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro, a gap of 37 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 37 = |77 across US counties - 40 across counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchNew Castle County, DE's years of wages of 3.9 scores 42 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 10 across counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |42 across US counties - 10 across counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro|
- 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
noteNew Castle County, DE's average weekly wage was 3.2% 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
- +3.2 % = 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.