Bronx County, NY
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 40.85, -73.85.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 93rd pct · 190th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 83rd pct · 11th of 62 New York counties · median $254,056
- 4th pct · 21st of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median $680,195
- 80th pct · 592nd of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 63rd pct · 23rd of 62 New York counties · median +5.6%
- 85th pct · 4th of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median +4.7%
- 96th pct · 46th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 85th pct · 8th of 49 New York counties · median $1,521
- 47th pct · 12th of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median $2,825
- 97th pct · 79th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 86th pct · 9th of 62 New York counties · median 32,139
- 61st pct · 9th of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median 283,785
- 88th pct · 386th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 68th pct · 20th of 62 New York counties · median $1,250
- 33rd pct · 15th of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median $1,632
- 89th pct · 320th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 85th pct · 10th of 62 New York counties · median 4.1
- 38th pct · 14th of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median 8.4
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 $503,721 (Sep 2026), +5.8% over one year, -4.6% over five
- 93rd pct · 190th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 83rd pct · 11th of 62 New York counties · median $254,056
- 4th pct · 21st of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median $680,195
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bronx County, NY | $503,721 · +5.8% 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 $2,823/mo (Sep 2026), +5.5% over one year; price-to-rent 14.9
- 96th pct · 46th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 85th pct · 8th of 49 New York counties · median $1,521
- 47th pct · 12th of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median $2,825
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bronx County, NY | $2,823/mo · +5.5% 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 $2,790 a month on $503,721 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,893 a month: 47.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $503,721 × 80% = $402,977, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,790/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,360 × 52 / 12 = $5,893) = 47% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $503,721 / ($1,360 × 52) = 7.1
- price-to-rent = $503,721 / ($2,823 × 12) = 14.9
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 #
360,380 jobs at 19,992 employers (2026 Q1); +5.1% jobs and +0.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 97th pct · 79th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 86th pct · 9th of 62 New York counties · median 32,139
- 61st pct · 9th of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro · median 283,785
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bronx County, NY | 360,380 jobs · $1,360/wk · +5.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 128,944 | $1,218 | 2.38 | +16.3% |
| Retail trade | 27,080 | $778 | 0.77 | -4.5% |
| Educational services | 19,466 | $1,561 | 2.51 | +3.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 16,184 | $595 | 0.50 | -2.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 13,764 | $1,037 | 0.91 | +5.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 12,038 | $914 | 0.59 | -6.4% |
| Construction | 9,992 | $1,809 | 0.53 | -5.5% |
| Real estate and rental | 9,024 | $1,184 | 1.63 | -10.0% |
| Other services | 8,067 | $850 | 0.75 | -7.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 5,769 | $1,661 | 0.23 | -0.5% |
| Manufacturing | 4,276 | $1,302 | 0.15 | -7.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 3,521 | $1,403 | 0.59 | +2.1% |
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 #
2 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-01429400 | 990.0 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 145 km |
| USGS-01428900 | 1,125 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 148 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 #
275 gauges · 0 flooding · 87 with quality panels averaging 83 % · 91 stale
Sites found: 275, 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-402548073592304 | cond. 25,300 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) · STALE | 48 km |
| USGS-402548073592301 | cond. 33,000 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) · STALE | 48 km |
| FROST CREEK AT SHEEP LN BRIDGE AT LATTINGTOWN NY | temp 14.0 °C · quality 50 % (2) · no flooding | 23 km |
| USGS-402548073592303 | cond. 4,050 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) · STALE | 48 km |
| USGS-403921073064801 | cond. 1,870 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) · STALE | 66 km |
| USGS-402548073592302 | cond. 20,400 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) · STALE | 48 km |
| HARLEM R AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK, BRONX NY | turb. 5.00 FNU · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 6 km |
| EAST CREEK AT SANDS POINT NY | temp 13.5 °C · quality 50 % (2) · no flooding | 12 km |
| ROCKAWAY INLET NEAR FLOYD BENNETT FIELD NY | flow 213,000 ft³/s · quality 67 % (3) · no flooding · STALE | 31 km |
| REYNOLDS CHANNEL AT POINT LOOKOUT NY | turb. 2.10 FNU · quality 80 % (5) · no flooding | 36 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 #
270 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 270, 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-405202073525101 | level 58.1 ft · 2026-08-19 | 3 km |
| USGS-404902073545001 | level 1.68 ft · 2026-08-19 | 6 km |
| USGS-404733073482901 | level 4.79 ft · 2026-09-28 | 7 km |
| USGS-404617073483201 | level 25.9 ft · 2026-09-28 | 9 km |
| USGS-404613073545802 | level 23.0 ft · 2026-09-28 | 10 km |
| USGS-404544073534202 | level 13.3 ft · 2026-07-07 | 10 km |
| USGS-404750073571801 | level 17.6 ft · 2026-08-04 | 10 km |
| USGS-404538073544001 | level 22.2 ft · 2026-09-28 | 11 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 (0.06)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.17 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$19.1 bn in deposits at 125 offices of 23 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,880, highly concentrated. $5.9 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $5.3 bn, grants $439.1 m), $16,390 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $7.2 bn · 37.8% share · 33 offices | |
| Citibank, National Association | $2.8 bn · 14.7% share · 15 offices | |
| Ponce Bank, National Association | $1.7 bn · 8.7% share · 5 offices | |
| Bronx, NY | $5.9 bn FY2026 · $16,390/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $5.0 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $7,214,882,000 | 37.8% | 33 |
| Citibank, National Association | $2,800,000,000 | 14.7% | 15 |
| Ponce Bank, National Association | $1,657,280,000 | 8.7% | 5 |
| TD Bank, National Association | $1,360,467,000 | 7.1% | 11 |
| Apple Bank | $1,329,479,000 | 7.0% | 9 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $1,022,413,000 | 5.4% | 11 |
| Capital One, National Association | $620,924,000 | 3.2% | 6 |
| Spring Bank | $517,703,000 | 2.7% | 1 |
| Popular Bank | $434,819,000 | 2.3% | 3 |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | $381,689,000 | 2.0% | 5 |
Deposit concentration is 1,880 across 23 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 23 banks with deposits in the county = 37.8² + 14.7² + 8.7² + … (20 more) = 1,880
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 | $4,585,719,724 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $598,997,690 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $380,250,054 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $159,022,784 |
| Department of Education | $83,340,584 |
| Department of Transportation | $32,870,109 |
| Department of Labor | $19,959,829 |
| Department of Defense | $19,605,199 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $10,786,897 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $8,548,824 |
| National Science Foundation | $2,551,358 |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | $1,978,890 |
That is $16,390 per covered job, against 360,380 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $5.9 bn / 360,380 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $16,390
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 #
Bronx County, NY: 15 findings, 15 noted
noteBronx County, NY's covered employment was 5.1% 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
- +5.1 % = 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
noteBronx County, NY's average weekly wage was 0.8% 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
- +0.8 % = 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
noteBronx County, NY's momentum index of 0.59 ranks 1st of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro, against a median of 0.26.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro that published momentum
- 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%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteBronx County, NY's price-to-rent ratio of 14.9 ranks 22nd of 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro, against a median of 20.4.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 22 counties in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro that published priceToRent
- 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
noteBronx County, NY's covered employment of 360,380 ranks 79th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 98 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 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.