Henry County, IL
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 41.35, -90.13.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 25th pct · 2,279th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 64th pct · 37th of 102 Illinois counties · median $158,551
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 91st pct · 259th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 81st pct · 20th of 102 Illinois counties · median +5.0%
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- US counties: not published this period
- Illinois counties: not published this period
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 62nd pct · 1,222nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 66th pct · 35th of 102 Illinois counties · median 7,611
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 39th pct · 1,945th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 33rd pct · 68th of 102 Illinois counties · median $1,061
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 29th pct · 2,168th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 73rd pct · 28th of 102 Illinois counties · median 2.8
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 $171,732 (Sep 2026), +8.0% over one year, +28.9% over five
- 25th pct · 2,279th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 64th pct · 37th of 102 Illinois counties · median $158,551
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Henry County, IL | $171,732 · +8.0% 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 #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Illinois counties: not published this period
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $951 a month on $171,732 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,303 a month: 22.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $171,732 × 80% = $137,386, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $951/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $993 × 52 / 12 = $4,303) = 22% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $171,732 / ($993 × 52) = 3.3
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 #
13,405 jobs at 1,018 employers (2026 Q1); -2.1% jobs and +0.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 62nd pct · 1,222nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 66th pct · 35th of 102 Illinois counties · median 7,611
- counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Henry County, IL | 13,405 jobs · $993/wk · -2.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 1,762 | $652 | 1.35 | -0.5% |
| Manufacturing | 1,499 | $1,104 | 1.39 | -9.0% |
| Construction | 1,144 | $1,633 | 1.63 | +8.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,092 | $967 | 0.54 | +2.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 980 | $352 | 0.81 | -1.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 661 | $1,483 | 1.21 | +3.8% |
| Wholesale trade | 472 | $1,408 | 0.92 | -5.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 321 | $942 | 0.35 | +5.6% |
| Other services | 271 | $706 | 0.68 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 191 | $857 | 0.25 | +6.1% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 128 | $393 | 0.58 | +1.6% |
| Information | 100 | $1,465 | 0.40 | +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 #
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 #
$1.9 bn in deposits at 25 offices of 11 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,386, moderately concentrated. $336.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $318.2 m, grants $16.6 m), $25,071 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Central Bank Illinois | $405.8 m · 21.7% share · 3 offices | |
| BankOrion | $382.6 m · 20.5% share · 4 offices | |
| Farmers National Bank | $249.6 m · 13.4% share · 1 office | |
| Henry, IL | $336.1 m FY2026 · $25,071/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $296.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bank Illinois | $405,849,000 | 21.7% | 3 |
| BankOrion | $382,622,000 | 20.5% | 4 |
| Farmers National Bank | $249,617,000 | 13.4% | 1 |
| Community State Bank | $175,655,000 | 9.4% | 3 |
| Peoples National Bank of Kewanee | $172,917,000 | 9.3% | 3 |
| Blackhawk Bank & Trust | $139,388,000 | 7.5% | 2 |
| State Bank of Toulon | $112,772,000 | 6.0% | 2 |
| Union Federal Savings and Loan Association | $90,706,000 | 4.9% | 3 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $79,122,000 | 4.2% | 1 |
| Farmers State Bank of Western Illinois | $57,553,000 | 3.1% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 1,386 across 11 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 11 banks with deposits in the county = 21.7² + 20.5² + 13.4² + … (8 more) = 1,386
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 | $267,613,937 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $26,529,660 |
| Department of Agriculture | $20,920,521 |
| Department of Transportation | $12,915,184 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $4,088,081 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $2,477,367 |
| Department of Defense | $1,034,911 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $301,922 |
| Department of Education | $185,840 |
| Small Business Administration | $7,969 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $0 |
That is $25,071 per covered job, against 13,405 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $336.1 m / 13,405 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $25,071
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 #
Henry County, IL: 9 findings, 3 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchHenry County, IL's covered employment is -2.1% 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 = -2.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchHenry County, IL's years of wages of 3.3 scores 29 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 73 across Illinois counties, a gap of 44 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 44 = |29 across US counties - 73 across Illinois 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
watchHenry County, IL's typical home value of $171,732 scores 26 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 64 across Illinois counties, a gap of 39 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 39 = |26 across US counties - 64 across Illinois counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteHenry County, IL's covered employment was 2.1% lower 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
noteHenry County, IL's typical home value rose 0.3% from $171,160 in August 2026 to $171,732 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (171732.20697607155 - 171160.46526438114) / 171160.46526438114 × 100
- 171732.20697607155 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 171160.46526438114 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
Read all 9 findings in the full brief
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