Greeley County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.48, -101.81.
Assembled 2026-10-20. Read the brief.
- 14th pct · 2,610th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 46th pct · 57th of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
- 3rd pct · 2,960th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 0th pct · 105th of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.1%
- US counties: not published this period
- Kansas counties: not published this period
- 3rd pct · 3,123rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 3rd pct · 101st of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 20th pct · 2,556th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 34th pct · 69th of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 22nd pct · 2,376th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 50th pct · 52nd of 105 Kansas counties · median 3.0
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 $143,863 (Sep 2026), -5.6% over one year, -3.0% over five
- 14th pct · 2,610th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 46th pct · 57th of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greeley County, KS | $143,863 · -5.6% 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
- Kansas 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 $797 a month on $143,863 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,930 a month: 20.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $143,863 × 80% = $115,090, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $797/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $907 × 52 / 12 = $3,930) = 20% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $143,863 / ($907 × 52) = 3.1
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 #
614 jobs at 70 employers (2026 Q1); -1.8% jobs and +8.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 3rd pct · 3,123rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 3rd pct · 101st of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greeley County, KS | 614 jobs · $907/wk · -1.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 86 | $1,168 | 19.39 | +0.0% |
| Retail trade | 78 | $559 | 1.30 | -2.5% |
| Wholesale trade | 32 | $1,109 | 1.36 | -13.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 16 | $850 | 0.38 | -5.9% |
| Construction | 15 | $538 | 0.47 | +0.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 12 | $231 | 0.22 | +100.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 8 | $573 | 0.31 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | 7 | $2,063 | 2.89 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 3 | $424 | 0.16 | +0.0% |
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
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 #
1 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 1, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AT CADDOA, CO | 31,150 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 109 km |
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 #
15 gauges · 0 flooding · 5 with quality panels averaging 60 % · 3 stale
Sites found: 15, 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-375955102023701 | temp 15.8 °C · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 57 km |
| USGS-380117102023801 | temp 14.1 °C · quality 50 % (2) | 55 km |
| ARKANSAS R NR COOLIDGE, KS | flow 99.5 ft³/s · quality 50 % (2) · no flooding | 53 km |
| USGS-375936102023901 | temp 16.0 °C · quality 50 % (2) | 58 km |
| FRONTIER DITCH RETURN NR COOLIDGE, KS | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 51 km |
| FRONTIER DITCH NR COOLIDGE, KS | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 53 km |
| WILD HORSE CREEK ABOVE HOLLY, CO | flow 0.00 ft³/s | 55 km |
| ARKANSAS RIVER AT HOLLY, CO. | flow 97.0 ft³/s | 56 km |
| ARKANSAS R AT SYRACUSE, KS | flow 107.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 57 km |
| TWO BUTTE CREEK NEAR HOLLY, CO. | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 58 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 #
4 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 4, 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-380117102023801 | level 3,346 ft · 2026-10-19 | 55 km |
| USGS-375955102023701 | level 3,341 ft · 2020-06-02 | 57 km |
| USGS-375936102023901 | level 3,338 ft · 2026-10-19 | 58 km |
| USGS-375714101484200 | level 3,238 ft · 2026-10-19 | 59 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 (0.15)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.40 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$70.4 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 6,076, highly concentrated. $22.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $21.3 m, grants $771,033), $35,934 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First FarmBank | $51.6 m · 73.2% share · 1 office | |
| TBK BANK, SSB | $18.9 m · 26.8% share · 1 office | |
| Greeley, KS | $22.1 m FY2026 · $35,934/job | |
| REDACTED DUE TO PII | $14.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First FarmBank | $51,564,000 | 73.2% | 1 |
| TBK BANK, SSB | $18,880,000 | 26.8% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 6,076 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 73.2² + 26.8² = 6,076
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 |
|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | $14,412,193 |
| Social Security Administration | $6,328,563 |
| Department of Transportation | $746,856 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $269,201 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $130,047 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $100,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $52,423 |
| Department of Education | $24,177 |
That is $35,934 per covered job, against 614 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $22.1 m / 614 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $35,934
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 #
Greeley County, KS: 13 findings, 1 at an alert level, 3 at a watch level and 9 noted
alertGreeley County, KS' typical home value is -5.6% against a year earlier, an alert level here: typical home value at least 5 percent below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; 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: home.yoyPct = -5.649151904407382 <= -5
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchGreeley County, KS' typical home value is -5.6% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; 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: home.yoyPct = -5.649151904407382 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchGreeley County, KS' covered employment is -1.8% 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 = -1.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchGreeley County, KS' typical home value of $143,863 scores 15 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 46 across Kansas counties, a gap of 31 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 31 = |15 across US counties - 46 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteGreeley County, KS' average weekly wage was 8.8% 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
- +8.8 % = 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.