Anoka County, MN
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 45.27, -93.24.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 83rd pct · 519th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 89th pct · 10th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $270,028
- 35th pct · 10th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $386,707
- 35th pct · 1,971st of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 11th pct · 77th of 87 Minnesota counties · median +3.5%
- 35th pct · 10th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median +2.1%
- 65th pct · 473rd of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 81st pct · 7th of 33 Minnesota counties · median $1,370
- 46th pct · 8th of 14 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,705
- 92nd pct · 241st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 96th pct · 4th of 87 Minnesota counties · median 7,739
- 78th pct · 4th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 39,512
- 87th pct · 390th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 91st pct · 8th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $1,102
- 71st pct · 5th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,216
- 69th pct · 920th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 66th pct · 30th of 87 Minnesota counties · median 4.6
- 21st pct · 12th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 6.4
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 $373,109 (Sep 2026), +1.6% over one year, +11.6% over five
- 83rd pct · 519th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 89th pct · 10th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $270,028
- 35th pct · 10th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $386,707
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anoka County, MN | $373,109 · +1.6% 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 #
Typical rent $1,699/mo (Sep 2026), +4.6% over one year; price-to-rent 18.3
- 65th pct · 473rd of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 81st pct · 7th of 33 Minnesota counties · median $1,370
- 46th pct · 8th of 14 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,705
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anoka County, MN | $1,699/mo · +4.6% 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 $2,067 a month on $373,109 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,876 a month: 35.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $373,109 × 80% = $298,488, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,067/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,356 × 52 / 12 = $5,876) = 35% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $373,109 / ($1,356 × 52) = 5.3
- price-to-rent = $373,109 / ($1,699 × 12) = 18.3
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 #
130,441 jobs at 8,701 employers (2026 Q1); +0.1% jobs and +5.6% average weekly wage over the year
- 92nd pct · 241st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 96th pct · 4th of 87 Minnesota counties · median 7,739
- 78th pct · 4th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 39,512
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anoka County, MN | 130,441 jobs · $1,356/wk · +0.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 22,780 | $1,939 | 2.17 | +2.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 21,386 | $1,306 | 1.09 | -1.0% |
| Retail trade | 15,163 | $777 | 1.19 | -2.8% |
| Accommodation and food services | 10,710 | $473 | 0.91 | +1.5% |
| Construction | 8,755 | $1,648 | 1.28 | +2.5% |
| Wholesale trade | 6,371 | $2,188 | 1.28 | -7.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 5,960 | $1,193 | 0.80 | +3.2% |
| Professional and technical services | 4,506 | $1,836 | 0.50 | +1.9% |
| Other services | 4,358 | $854 | 1.12 | +3.2% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 2,534 | $674 | 1.18 | -1.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,887 | $2,379 | 0.36 | +6.7% |
| Educational services | 1,787 | $811 | 0.64 | -0.4% |
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 #
D2 severe 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 #
high (0.50)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$6.2 bn in deposits at 53 offices of 21 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,868, highly concentrated. $2.2 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.9 bn, contracts $267.9 m), $17,061 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $2.0 bn · 32.3% share · 8 offices | |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $1.5 bn · 23.2% share · 6 offices | |
| The Huntington National Bank | $854.2 m · 13.7% share · 6 offices | |
| Anoka, MN | $2.2 bn FY2026 · $17,061/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $1.9 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $2,018,342,000 | 32.3% | 8 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $1,451,069,000 | 23.2% | 6 |
| The Huntington National Bank | $854,196,000 | 13.7% | 6 |
| Village Bank | $366,169,000 | 5.9% | 4 |
| 21st Century Bank | $365,356,000 | 5.8% | 3 |
| Falcon National Bank | $138,606,000 | 2.2% | 1 |
| Northeast Bank | $126,115,000 | 2.0% | 1 |
| BMO Bank National Association | $123,123,000 | 2.0% | 3 |
| Nicolet National Bank | $106,295,000 | 1.7% | 2 |
| Old National Bank | $105,965,000 | 1.7% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,868 across 21 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 21 banks with deposits in the county = 32.3² + 23.2² + 13.7² + … (18 more) = 1,868
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 | $1,690,539,152 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $167,085,502 |
| Department of Defense | $164,362,353 |
| Department of Transportation | $69,821,066 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $44,782,050 |
| Department of Justice | $20,985,189 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $18,826,076 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $15,350,533 |
| Department of Education | $15,126,944 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $4,958,322 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,457,792 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $3,338,039 |
That is $17,061 per covered job, against 130,441 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $2.2 bn / 130,441 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $17,061
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 #
Anoka County, MN: 9 findings, 1 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchAnoka County, MN's price-to-rent ratio of 18.3 scores 61 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 28 across Minnesota counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 33 = |61 across US counties - 28 across Minnesota 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
noteAnoka County, MN's average weekly wage was 5.6% 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
- +5.6 % = 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
noteAnoka County, MN's covered employment was 0.1% 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
- +0.1 % = 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
noteAnoka County, MN's covered employment of 130,441 ranks 4th of 87 Minnesota counties, against a median of 7,739.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 97 on the 0-to-100 scale across 87 Minnesota counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteAnoka County, MN's covered employment of 130,441 ranks 241st of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 93 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 9 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.