Polk County, MN: 11 findings, 3 at a watch level and 8 noted

11 findings fired for Polk County, MN this run, against a typical home value of $253,192 in September 2026 and covered employment of 11,638 in 2026 Q1.

Rules version 1. Assembled 2026-10-21. Back to Polk County, MN.

11 findings #

currentretrieved 2026-10-21

  1. watchPolk County, MN's typical asking rent is -3.2% 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.
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    • test: rent.momPct = -3.1532577723605697 <= -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

  2. watchPolk County, MN's covered employment is -1.4% 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.
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    • test: jobs.yoy.emp = -1.4 < 0

    BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level

  3. watchPolk County, MN's typical asking rent fell 3.2% from $1,047 in August 2026 to $1,014 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • -3.2% = (1014.1666666666666 - 1047.1871777399137) / 1047.1871777399137 × 100
    • 1014.1666666666666 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
    • 1047.1871777399137 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08

  4. notePolk County, MN's average weekly wage was 3.5% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.

    Period 2026 Q1.
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    • +3.5 % = 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

  5. notePolk County, MN's covered employment was 1.4% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.

    Period 2026 Q1.
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    • -1.4 % = 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

  6. notePolk County, MN's typical home value rose 0.3% from $252,402 in August 2026 to $253,192 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • +0.3% = (253191.6633801275 - 252402.41215947806) / 252402.41215947806 × 100
    • 253191.6633801275 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
    • 252402.41215947806 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08

  7. notePolk County, MN's typical asking rent of $1,014 ranks 1,242nd of 1,358 US counties, against a median of $1,506.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 9 on the 0-to-100 scale across 1358 US counties that published rent.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  8. notePolk County, MN's typical asking rent of $1,014 ranks 30th of 33 Minnesota counties, against a median of $1,370.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 9 on the 0-to-100 scale across 33 Minnesota counties that published rent.latest

    position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

  9. noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering Polk County, MN is due between 2026-10-30 and 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

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    • window = 2026-10-30 to 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

  10. noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Polk County, MN is due between 2026-11-14 and 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

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    • window = 2026-11-14 to 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

  11. noteThe next Zillow ZORI typical rent (monthly) covering Polk County, MN is due between 2026-11-14 and 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

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    • window = 2026-11-14 to 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

Findings come from a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence per rule. There is no model in this path: the numbers are detected, ordered and worded by code, and every one of them prints the operation that produced it.

Next release #

currentretrieved 2026-10-21

Median sales price of houses sold (Census, quarterly), expected between 2026-10-20 and 2026-10-30.

The window is approximate: the publisher has not posted a date for this release, so it is inferred from the cadence of previous ones.

The same brief, narrowed #

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A lens keeps the findings whose subject matches one reader's interest and hides the rest. Every lens brief points its canonical here.

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The same findings as a feed. Entry ids are content hashes with no clock in them, so an unchanged finding is never sent twice.

Sources #

  • estimateZillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-21 · month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 27119, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-21
  • publishedZillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv · period 2026-09 · retrieved 2026-10-21
  • publishedZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv · period 2026-09 · retrieved 2026-10-21
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-21 · month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-21 · momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-21 · typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
  • estimateQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-21 · typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household

Citations

  • Zillow Research. Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-21. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 27119, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/27119.csv. accessed 2026-10-21.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI). series County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv. period 2026-09. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zori/County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-21.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). series County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. period 2026-09. https://files.zillowstatic.com/research/public_csvs/zhvi/County_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv. accessed 2026-10-21.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-21. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-21. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%).
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-21. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. https://www.bls.gov/cew/. accessed 2026-10-21. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household.

What these numbers are not

  • The newest BLS QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, only the over-the-year percent change BLS publishes itself. Every employment and wage comparison here states that published change; none of them is a move from one level to another, because the two levels are not both in the file.
  • A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank across the entities that published the metric this period: the smallest published value scores 0 and the largest scores 100. It is not the share of entities below the value, and entities that did not publish the metric are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
  • The named indicators shown beside this brief are national or basin-level series, not measurements of Polk County, MN; 30-year fixed mortgage rate (watch), Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual (watch), Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate (watch) and WTI crude oil, spot (watch) are at a watch or alert level. They are context.
  • The occupation mix is the 24220 metro area's, from the bundled BLS OEWS release: OEWS does not publish a county table.
  • Water rows are everything within 75 km of this place's internal point (150 km for reservoirs), not everything inside its boundary: lib/water searches discs, and every row prints its own distance.
  • Server report: satellite turbidity is only computed in a browser, so that term is absent here.
  • Stress uses 2 of 4 terms (drought, quality); missing terms are left out, not assumed.
  • Groundwater has no trend term: one latest level cannot say whether an aquifer is being drawn down.
  • Obligations are what agencies committed in FY2026 by place of performance: not outlays, and not the recipient's own location.
  • FY2026 closed 21 days ago; agencies report with up to a 45-day lag, so totals are still filling in.
  • The indicator block is the NATIONAL set, filtered only by lens. None of these series is keyed to this place: they are United States, gauge, single-state or port series and they are shown as context, not as this place's own readings.

Page assembled 2026-10-21T05:42:00.972Z. Place identity tables pulled 2026-10-01.