Latah County, ID: 15 findings, 4 at a watch level and 11 noted
15 findings fired for Latah County, ID this run, against a typical home value of $475,190 in September 2026 and covered employment of 15,155 in 2026 Q1. 3 further findings are not listed here.
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12 findings #
watchLatah County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 30.8 ranks 16th 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 = 98.89462048636699 >= 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
watchLatah County, ID's price-to-rent ratio is 30.8, 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 = 30.76793408884058 >= 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
watchLatah County, ID's years of wages of 8.8 ranks 136th 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 = 95.59111691704769 >= 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
watchLatah County, ID's years of wages of 8.8 scores 96 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 64 across Idaho counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |96 across US counties - 64 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
noteLatah County, ID's average weekly wage was 6.2% 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
- +6.2 % = 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
noteLatah County, ID's covered employment was 4.2% 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
- +4.2 % = 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
noteLatah County, ID's typical asking rent fell 0.3% from $1,292 in August 2026 to $1,287 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -0.3% = (1287.0277777777776 - 1291.5446527306183) / 1291.5446527306183 × 100
- 1287.0277777777776 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 1291.5446527306183 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
noteLatah County, ID's covered employment of +4.2% ranks 3rd of 44 Idaho counties, against a median of +0.6%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across 44 Idaho counties that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLatah County, ID's typical home value of +1.3% ranks 40th of 42 Idaho counties, against a median of +3.2%.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 5 on the 0-to-100 scale across 42 Idaho counties that published home.yoyPct
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLatah County, ID's typical home value of $475,190 ranks 240th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of $230,451.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLatah County, ID's covered employment of +4.2% ranks 263rd of 3,221 US counties, against a median of -0.2%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLatah County, ID's momentum index of 0.61 ranks 323rd of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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