Bonneville County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.40, -111.62.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 86th pct · 418th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 52nd pct · 21st of 43 Idaho counties · median $394,611
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 35th pct · 1,985th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 14th pct · 36th of 42 Idaho counties · median +3.2%
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 44th pct · 758th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 30th pct · 15th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,555
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 86th pct · 432nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 93rd pct · 4th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 41st pct · 1,871st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 37th pct · 28th of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 92nd pct · 245th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 52nd pct · 21st of 43 Idaho counties · median 7.6
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls 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 $400,373 (Sep 2026), +1.6% over one year, +6.0% over five
- 86th pct · 418th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 52nd pct · 21st of 43 Idaho counties · median $394,611
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bonneville County, ID | $400,373 · +1.6% 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 $1,440/mo (Sep 2026), +1.8% over one year; price-to-rent 23.2
- 44th pct · 758th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 30th pct · 15th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,555
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bonneville County, ID | $1,440/mo · +1.8% 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 $2,218 a month on $400,373 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,346 a month: 51.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $400,373 × 80% = $320,299, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,218/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,003 × 52 / 12 = $4,346) = 51% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $400,373 / ($1,003 × 52) = 7.7
- price-to-rent = $400,373 / ($1,440 × 12) = 23.2
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 #
62,753 jobs at 5,762 employers (2026 Q1); +0.9% jobs and +3.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 86th pct · 432nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 93rd pct · 4th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- counties in the Idaho Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Idaho Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bonneville County, ID | 62,753 jobs · $1,003/wk · +0.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 13,502 | $932 | 1.43 | +1.8% |
| Retail trade | 8,667 | $758 | 1.42 | +3.8% |
| Accommodation and food services | 6,532 | $403 | 1.16 | -0.1% |
| Construction | 4,672 | $1,239 | 1.42 | +5.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 3,234 | $1,500 | 0.75 | +6.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 3,022 | $1,600 | 0.85 | +1.8% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,956 | $1,366 | 1.23 | -3.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,359 | $899 | 0.89 | -1.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,737 | $1,704 | 0.68 | +0.9% |
| Other services | 1,558 | $789 | 0.83 | +2.2% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 921 | $277 | 0.89 | +2.9% |
| Real estate and rental | 686 | $937 | 0.71 | +0.9% |
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 #
$2.7 bn in deposits at 20 offices of 9 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,762, moderately concentrated. $3.6 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $3.0 bn, direct payments $612.5 m), $58,086 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Bank of Commerce | $775.3 m · 29.0% share · 5 offices | |
| Glacier Bank | $478.2 m · 17.9% share · 4 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $455.2 m · 17.1% share · 2 offices | |
| Bonneville, ID | $3.6 bn FY2026 · $58,086/job | |
| BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC | $2.4 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bank of Commerce | $775,274,000 | 29.0% | 5 |
| Glacier Bank | $478,192,000 | 17.9% | 4 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $455,183,000 | 17.1% | 2 |
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $348,531,000 | 13.1% | 2 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $214,780,000 | 8.0% | 1 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $181,575,000 | 6.8% | 1 |
| KeyBank National Association | $95,750,000 | 3.6% | 2 |
| D. L. Evans Bank | $87,677,000 | 3.3% | 2 |
| WaFd Bank | $32,570,000 | 1.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,762 across 9 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 9 banks with deposits in the county = 29.0² + 17.9² + 17.1² + … (6 more) = 1,762
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 |
|---|---|
| Department of Energy | $2,983,101,423 |
| Social Security Administration | $523,576,804 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $72,962,819 |
| Department of Transportation | $23,869,353 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $8,579,565 |
| Department of Agriculture | $7,335,290 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $6,646,788 |
| Department of Education | $5,132,979 |
| Department of the Interior | $4,972,372 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $2,845,805 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $2,248,301 |
| Department of Defense | $2,104,025 |
That is $58,086 per covered job, against 62,753 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $3.6 bn / 62,753 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $58,086
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 #
Bonneville County, ID: 12 findings, 4 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchBonneville County, ID's years of wages of 7.7 ranks 245th 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 = 92.03135205747877 >= 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
watchBonneville County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 23.2 scores 88 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 45 across Idaho counties, a gap of 43 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 43 = |88 across US counties - 45 across Idaho counties|
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchBonneville County, ID's years of wages of 7.7 scores 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 52 across Idaho counties, a gap of 40 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 40 = |92 across US counties - 52 across Idaho counties|
- 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
watchBonneville County, ID's typical home value of $400,373 scores 86 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 52 across Idaho counties, a gap of 34 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 34 = |86 across US counties - 52 across Idaho counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteBonneville County, ID's average weekly wage was 3.9% 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
- +3.9 % = 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
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.