Wayne County, IL
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.43, -88.43.
Assembled 2026-10-20. Read the brief.
- 8th pct · 2,801st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 26th pct · 75th of 102 Illinois counties · median $158,551
- 58th pct · 1,272nd of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 34th pct · 67th of 102 Illinois counties · median +5.0%
- US counties: not published this period
- Illinois counties: not published this period
- 30th pct · 2,225th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 26th pct · 75th of 102 Illinois counties · median 7,611
- 15th pct · 2,717th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 7th pct · 94th of 102 Illinois counties · median $1,061
- 15th pct · 2,583rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 46th pct · 55th of 102 Illinois counties · median 2.8
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 $125,180 (Sep 2026), +3.5% over one year, +8.2% over five
- 8th pct · 2,801st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 26th pct · 75th of 102 Illinois counties · median $158,551
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne County, IL | $125,180 · +3.5% 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
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 $693 a month on $125,180 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,809 a month: 18.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $125,180 × 80% = $100,144, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $693/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $879 × 52 / 12 = $3,809) = 18% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $125,180 / ($879 × 52) = 2.7
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 #
3,908 jobs at 361 employers (2026 Q1); -4.8% jobs and +6.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 30th pct · 2,225th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 26th pct · 75th of 102 Illinois counties · median 7,611
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne County, IL | 3,908 jobs · $879/wk · -4.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 569 | $679 | 1.49 | -2.7% |
| Accommodation and food services | 302 | $395 | 0.86 | -9.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 200 | $1,339 | 1.34 | +0.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 153 | $1,255 | 0.96 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 120 | $702 | 1.03 | -14.9% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 114 | $958 | 4.04 | -2.6% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 69 | $1,040 | 4.96 | -19.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 58 | $910 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 13 | $726 | 0.22 | +18.2% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 9 | $122 | 0.14 | -10.0% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld |
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 #
D1 moderate 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 #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
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 #
22 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 77 % · 6 stale
Sites found: 22, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| EMBARRAS RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE, IL | flow 74.0 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) | 74 km |
| SKILLET FORK AT WAYNE CITY, IL | stage 4.17 ft | 16 km |
| LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR GOLDEN GATE, IL | stage 4.63 ft | 19 km |
| HORSE CREEK NEAR KEENES, IL | flow 0.10 ft³/s · STALE | 21 km |
| LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL | flow 96.5 ft³/s | 25 km |
| BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL | flow 1.22 ft³/s | 40 km |
| CASEY FORK AT MOUNT VERNON, IL | flow 2.12 ft³/s | 42 km |
| LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT MAIN ST AT CARMI, IL | stage 3.24 ft · quality 90 % (5) | 45 km |
| LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CARMI, IL | flow 66.5 ft³/s · quality 50 % (1) | 48 km |
| BIG MUDDY RIVER NEAR MT. VERNON, IL | stage -0.11 ft · STALE | 50 km |
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 #
2 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 2, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-380758087551001 | depth 18.0 ft · 2026-10-18 | 56 km |
| USGS-383247087361001 | depth 11.2 ft · 2026-10-18 | 73 km |
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 (0.24)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.23 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$584.0 m in deposits at 6 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,434, highly concentrated. $98.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $95.1 m, grants $2.6 m), $25,122 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Fairfield National Bank | $367.4 m · 62.9% share · 2 offices | |
| Peoples National Bank , N.A. | $99.2 m · 17.0% share · 1 office | |
| The Clay City Banking Co. | $73.8 m · 12.6% share · 1 office | |
| Wayne, IL | $98.2 m FY2026 · $25,122/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $88.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fairfield National Bank | $367,353,000 | 62.9% | 2 |
| Peoples National Bank , N.A. | $99,238,000 | 17.0% | 1 |
| The Clay City Banking Co. | $73,813,000 | 12.6% | 1 |
| TrustBank | $25,916,000 | 4.4% | 1 |
| Citizens National Bank of Albion | $17,688,000 | 3.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 4,434 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 62.9² + 17.0² + 12.6² + … (2 more) = 4,434
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 | $80,415,039 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $7,127,499 |
| Department of Agriculture | $7,012,875 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,578,186 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,035,760 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $725,113 |
| Department of Education | $123,451 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $95,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $64,775 |
That is $25,122 per covered job, against 3,908 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $98.2 m / 3,908 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $25,122
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 #
Wayne County, IL: 12 findings, 1 at an alert level, 2 at a watch level and 9 noted
alertWayne County, IL's covered employment is -4.8% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -4.8 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchWayne County, IL's covered employment is -4.8% 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 = -4.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchWayne County, IL's years of wages of 2.7 scores 16 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 47 across Illinois counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |16 across US counties - 47 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
noteWayne County, IL'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
noteWayne County, IL's covered employment was 4.8% 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
- -4.8 % = 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.