Twin Falls County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 42.35, -114.67.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 83rd pct · 498th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 38th pct · 27th of 43 Idaho counties · median $394,611
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 55th pct · 1,361st of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 58th pct · 18th of 42 Idaho counties · median +3.2%
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 53rd pct · 635th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 45th pct · 12th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,555
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 82nd pct · 579th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 90th pct · 5th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 47th pct · 1,695th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 51st pct · 22nd of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 89th pct · 318th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 42nd pct · 25th of 43 Idaho counties · median 7.6
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin 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 $380,622 (Sep 2026), +3.3% over one year, +16.6% over five
- 83rd pct · 498th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 38th pct · 27th of 43 Idaho counties · median $394,611
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Falls County, ID | $380,622 · +3.3% 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 $1,545/mo (Sep 2026), +3.3% over one year; price-to-rent 20.5
- 53rd pct · 635th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 45th pct · 12th of 21 Idaho counties · median $1,555
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Falls County, ID | $1,545/mo · +3.3% 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 $2,108 a month on $380,622 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,450 a month: 47.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $380,622 × 80% = $304,497, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,108/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,027 × 52 / 12 = $4,450) = 47% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $380,622 / ($1,027 × 52) = 7.1
- price-to-rent = $380,622 / ($1,545 × 12) = 20.5
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 #
42,572 jobs at 3,966 employers (2026 Q1); +2.1% jobs and +7.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 82nd pct · 579th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 90th pct · 5th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- counties in the Twin Falls metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Twin Falls metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Twin Falls County, ID | 42,572 jobs · $1,027/wk · +2.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 7,390 | $1,122 | 1.15 | +6.7% |
| Manufacturing | 5,396 | $1,362 | 1.58 | +6.7% |
| Retail trade | 5,378 | $728 | 1.30 | -0.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 4,356 | $427 | 1.14 | +0.5% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 2,469 | $1,248 | 8.03 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 2,139 | $705 | 0.88 | -4.6% |
| Construction | 2,089 | $1,252 | 0.94 | -3.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 1,523 | $1,283 | 0.52 | +11.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 1,494 | $1,716 | 0.92 | -3.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,287 | $1,065 | 0.72 | -4.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,005 | $1,715 | 0.58 | +0.1% |
| Other services | 997 | $835 | 0.78 | +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 #
D4 exceptional 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 #
severe (1.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×1.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$2.3 bn in deposits at 27 offices of 12 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,835, highly concentrated. $575.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $498.7 m, grants $44.8 m), $13,524 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Federal Savings Bank of Twin Falls | $762.4 m · 33.0% share · 7 offices | |
| Farmers Bank | $385.0 m · 16.6% share · 4 offices | |
| D. L. Evans Bank | $360.6 m · 15.6% share · 4 offices | |
| Twin Falls, ID | $575.7 m FY2026 · $13,524/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Federal Savings Bank of Twin Falls | $762,387,000 | 33.0% | 7 |
| Farmers Bank | $385,022,000 | 16.6% | 4 |
| D. L. Evans Bank | $360,579,000 | 15.6% | 4 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $236,730,000 | 10.2% | 2 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $196,537,000 | 8.5% | 2 |
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $113,487,000 | 4.9% | 2 |
| Banner Bank | $82,597,000 | 3.6% | 1 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $49,210,000 | 2.1% | 1 |
| KeyBank National Association | $49,035,000 | 2.1% | 1 |
| WaFd Bank | $45,128,000 | 2.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,835 across 12 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 12 banks with deposits in the county = 33.0² + 16.6² + 15.6² + … (9 more) = 1,835
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 $13,524 per covered job, against 42,572 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $575.7 m / 42,572 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $13,524
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 #
Twin Falls County, ID: 11 findings, 3 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchTwin Falls County, ID's price-to-rent ratio of 20.5 scores 78 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 30 across Idaho counties, a gap of 48 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 48 = |78 across US counties - 30 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
watchTwin Falls County, ID's years of wages of 7.1 scores 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 43 across Idaho counties, a gap of 47 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 47 = |90 across US counties - 43 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
watchTwin Falls County, ID's typical home value of $380,622 scores 84 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 38 across Idaho counties, a gap of 46 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 46 = |84 across US counties - 38 across Idaho counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteTwin Falls County, ID's average weekly wage was 7.0% 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
- +7 % = 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
noteTwin Falls County, ID's covered employment was 2.1% 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
- +2.1 % = 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 11 findings in the full brief
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