Le Sueur County, MN
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 44.37, -93.73.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 80th pct · 609th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 86th pct · 13th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $270,028
- 21st pct · 12th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $386,707
- 47th pct · 1,621st of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 30th pct · 61st of 87 Minnesota counties · median +3.5%
- 71st pct · 5th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median +2.1%
- 51st pct · 659th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 62nd pct · 13th of 33 Minnesota counties · median $1,370
- 23rd pct · 11th of 14 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,705
- 49th pct · 1,639th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 51st pct · 43rd of 87 Minnesota counties · median 7,739
- 0th pct · 15th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 39,512
- 62nd pct · 1,201st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 48th pct · 45th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $1,102
- 21st pct · 12th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,216
- 81st pct · 568th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 82nd pct · 16th of 87 Minnesota counties · median 4.6
- 35th pct · 10th 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 $353,278 (Sep 2026), +2.6% over one year, +21.2% over five
- 80th pct · 609th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 86th pct · 13th of 87 Minnesota counties · median $270,028
- 21st pct · 12th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $386,707
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur County, MN | $353,278 · +2.6% 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 $1,523/mo (Sep 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 19.3
- 51st pct · 659th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 62nd pct · 13th of 33 Minnesota counties · median $1,370
- 23rd pct · 11th of 14 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median $1,705
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur County, MN | $1,523/mo · n/a 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 $1,957 a month on $353,278 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,771 a month: 41.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $353,278 × 80% = $282,623, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,957/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,101 × 52 / 12 = $4,771) = 41% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $353,278 / ($1,101 × 52) = 6.2
- price-to-rent = $353,278 / ($1,523 × 12) = 19.3
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 #
7,956 jobs at 768 employers (2026 Q1); +1.8% jobs and +0.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 49th pct · 1,639th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 51st pct · 43rd of 87 Minnesota counties · median 7,739
- 0th pct · 15th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro · median 39,512
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sueur County, MN | 7,956 jobs · $1,101/wk · +1.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,496 | $1,514 | 3.90 | -1.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 853 | $692 | 0.71 | +18.3% |
| Retail trade | 810 | $532 | 1.04 | -3.1% |
| Construction | 453 | $1,636 | 1.09 | +7.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 386 | $332 | 0.54 | -3.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 253 | $815 | 0.75 | +2.0% |
| Other services | 209 | $584 | 0.88 | +7.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 199 | $1,462 | 0.61 | -3.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 134 | $1,324 | 0.24 | -5.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 51 | $367 | 0.39 | -35.4% |
| Educational services | 44 | $307 | 0.26 | -4.3% |
| Information | 41 | $2,075 | 0.28 | +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 #
$810.4 m in deposits at 11 offices of 8 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,393, moderately concentrated. $178.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $169.9 m, grants $7.4 m), $22,390 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Bank & Trust | $159.8 m · 19.7% share · 1 office | |
| Frandsen Bank & Trust | $143.3 m · 17.7% share · 2 offices | |
| The First National Bank of Le Center | $127.5 m · 15.7% share · 1 office | |
| Le Sueur, MN | $178.1 m FY2026 · $22,390/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Bank & Trust | $159,810,000 | 19.7% | 1 |
| Frandsen Bank & Trust | $143,272,000 | 17.7% | 2 |
| The First National Bank of Le Center | $127,536,000 | 15.7% | 1 |
| Cornerstone State Bank | $85,746,000 | 10.6% | 2 |
| HomeTown Bank | $81,261,000 | 10.0% | 2 |
| First Farmers & Merchants Bank | $79,993,000 | 9.9% | 1 |
| Elysian Bank | $66,432,000 | 8.2% | 1 |
| First State Bank of Le Center | $66,311,000 | 8.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,393 across 8 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 8 banks with deposits in the county = 19.7² + 17.7² + 15.7² + … (5 more) = 1,393
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 $22,390 per covered job, against 7,956 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $178.1 m / 7,956 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $22,390
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 #
Le Sueur County, MN: 10 findings, 1 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchLe Sueur County, MN's typical asking rent is -1.2% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; 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: rent.momPct = -1.2004646033960658 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteLe Sueur County, MN's covered employment was 1.8% 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
- +1.8 % = 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
noteLe Sueur County, MN's typical asking rent fell 1.2% from $1,541 in August 2026 to $1,523 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -1.2% = (1522.5 - 1540.9991493262967) / 1540.9991493262967 × 100
- 1522.5 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 1540.9991493262967 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
noteLe Sueur County, MN's average weekly wage was 0.5% 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
- +0.5 % = 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
noteLe Sueur County, MN's covered employment of 7,956 ranks 15th of 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro, against a median of 39,512.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 15 counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 10 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.