Canyon County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.63, -116.71.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 88th pct · 366th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 61st pct · 17th of 43 Idaho counties · median $394,611
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median $479,474
- 36th pct · 1,935th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 19th pct · 34th of 42 Idaho counties · median +3.2%
- 25th pct · 4th of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median +2.9%
- 65th pct · 468th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 65th pct · 8th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,555
- counties in the Boise City metro: only 3 of counties in the Boise City metro published this metric; fewer than 5 is too few to rank
- 89th pct · 329th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 97th pct · 2nd of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median 4,505
- 52nd pct · 1,540th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 65th pct · 16th of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median $943
- 91st pct · 249th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 50th pct · 22nd of 43 Idaho counties · median 7.6
- 25th pct · 4th of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median 8.8
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 $416,843 (Sep 2026), +1.7% over one year, -1.9% over five
- 88th pct · 366th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 61st pct · 17th of 43 Idaho counties · median $394,611
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median $479,474
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon County, ID | $416,843 · +1.7% 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 $1,703/mo (Sep 2026), +5.3% over one year; price-to-rent 20.4
- 65th pct · 468th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 65th pct · 8th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,555
- counties in the Boise City metro: only 3 of counties in the Boise City metro published this metric; fewer than 5 is too few to rank
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon County, ID | $1,703/mo · +5.3% 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 $2,309 a month on $416,843 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,541 a month: 50.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $416,843 × 80% = $333,475, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,309/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,048 × 52 / 12 = $4,541) = 51% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $416,843 / ($1,048 × 52) = 7.6
- price-to-rent = $416,843 / ($1,703 × 12) = 20.4
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 #
90,131 jobs at 8,598 employers (2026 Q1); +2.6% jobs and +3.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 89th pct · 329th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 97th pct · 2nd of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median 4,505
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon County, ID | 90,131 jobs · $1,048/wk · +2.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 11,865 | $1,199 | 2.51 | +3.6% |
| Health care and social assistance | 11,115 | $1,051 | 0.82 | +4.9% |
| Manufacturing | 10,877 | $1,349 | 1.50 | -0.6% |
| Retail trade | 10,350 | $840 | 1.18 | +3.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 7,404 | $878 | 1.95 | +8.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 6,819 | $455 | 0.84 | +1.1% |
| Administrative and waste services | 4,503 | $856 | 0.88 | +3.8% |
| Wholesale trade | 3,322 | $1,445 | 0.96 | -0.7% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 2,936 | $870 | 4.51 | -5.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 2,810 | $1,575 | 0.45 | -0.2% |
| Other services | 2,339 | $945 | 0.87 | +4.2% |
| Educational services | 1,561 | $845 | 0.80 | +8.1% |
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 #
D0 abnormally dry
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 #
$3.0 bn in deposits at 37 offices of 18 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 960, unconcentrated. $1.4 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.3 bn, grants $60.4 m), $15,745 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association | $528.3 m · 17.7% share · 5 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $438.8 m · 14.7% share · 3 offices | |
| D. L. Evans Bank | $326.4 m · 10.9% share · 3 offices | |
| Canyon, ID | $1.4 bn FY2026 · $15,745/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association | $528,345,000 | 17.7% | 5 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $438,759,000 | 14.7% | 3 |
| D. L. Evans Bank | $326,394,000 | 10.9% | 3 |
| First Interstate Bank | $262,340,000 | 8.8% | 2 |
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $217,156,000 | 7.3% | 3 |
| Glacier Bank | $207,229,000 | 6.9% | 3 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $175,909,000 | 5.9% | 2 |
| Columbia Bank | $157,701,000 | 5.3% | 2 |
| WaFd Bank | $131,547,000 | 4.4% | 3 |
| Washington Trust Bank | $126,120,000 | 4.2% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 960 across 18 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls unconcentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 18 banks with deposits in the county = 17.7² + 14.7² + 10.9² + … (15 more) = 960
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 $15,745 per covered job, against 90,131 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.4 bn / 90,131 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,745
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 #
Canyon County, ID: 13 findings, 3 at a watch level and 10 noted
watchCanyon County, ID's years of wages of 7.6 ranks 249th 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 = 91.90071848465055 >= 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
watchCanyon County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 20.4 scores 78 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 25 across Idaho counties, a gap of 53 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 53 = |78 across US counties - 25 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
watchCanyon County, ID's years of wages of 7.6 scores 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 50 across Idaho counties, a gap of 42 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 42 = |92 across US counties - 50 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
noteCanyon County, ID's average weekly wage was 3.5% 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
- +3.5 % = 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
noteCanyon County, ID's covered employment was 2.6% 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
- +2.6 % = 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
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