Morrow County, OH: 16 findings, 1 at a watch level and 15 noted

16 findings fired for Morrow County, OH this run, against a typical home value of $286,534 in September 2026 and covered employment of 5,289 in 2026 Q1. 4 further findings are not listed here.

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12 findings #

currentretrieved 2026-10-20

  1. watchMorrow County, OH's covered employment of 5,289 scores 39 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 8 across Ohio counties, a gap of 30 points.

    Period 2026 Q1.
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    • 30 = |39 across US counties - 8 across Ohio counties|

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

  2. noteMorrow County, OH's average weekly wage was 4.8% 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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    • +4.8 % = 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

  3. noteMorrow County, OH's covered employment was 0.9% 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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    • +0.9 % = 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

  4. noteMorrow County, OH's typical home value rose 0.3% from $285,679 in August 2026 to $286,534 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • +0.3% = (286533.53695663076 - 285678.8158274607) / 285678.8158274607 × 100
    • 286533.53695663076 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
    • 285678.8158274607 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08

  5. notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Morrow County, OH could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.

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    • not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct

    the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries

  6. noteMorrow County, OH's typical home value of +4.4% ranks 1st of 10 counties in the Columbus metro, against a median of +2.0%.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 10 counties in the Columbus metro that published home.yoyPct

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

  7. noteMorrow County, OH's covered employment of 5,289 ranks 10th of 10 counties in the Columbus metro, against a median of 29,630.

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    • 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 10 counties in the Columbus metro that published jobs.emp

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

  8. noteMorrow County, OH's typical asking rent of $1,025 ranks 8th of 8 counties in the Columbus metro, against a median of $1,585.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 8 counties in the Columbus metro that published rent.latest

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

  9. noteMorrow County, OH's price-to-rent ratio of 23.3 ranks 2nd of 55 Ohio counties, against a median of 15.5.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 98 on the 0-to-100 scale across 55 Ohio counties 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

  10. noteMorrow County, OH's average weekly wage of $921 ranks 84th of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of $1,081.

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    • 5 on the 0-to-100 scale across 88 Ohio counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage

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

  11. noteMorrow County, OH's years of wages of 6.0 ranks 5th of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of 3.7.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across 88 Ohio counties that published yearsOfWages
    • typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household

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

  12. noteMorrow County, OH's covered employment of 5,289 ranks 81st of 88 Ohio counties, against a median of 20,657.

    Period 2026 Q1.
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    • 8 on the 0-to-100 scale across 88 Ohio counties that published jobs.emp

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

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Sources #

  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 39117, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-20
  • 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 2026-10-20
  • publishedZillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv · period 2026-09 · retrieved 2026-10-20
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-20 · 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 2026-10-20 · typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
  • estimateZillow Home Value Index (ZHVI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    · retrieved 2026-10-20 · 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 2026-10-20 · 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%)

Citations

  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 39117, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/39117.csv. accessed 2026-10-20.
  • 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 2026-10-20.
  • 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 2026-10-20.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-20. 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 2026-10-20. estimate computed by Embedding Atlas: typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household.
  • Zillow Research. Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). https://www.zillow.com/research/data/. accessed 2026-10-20. 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 2026-10-20. 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%).

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 Morrow County, OH; 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 18140 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 20 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 2026-10-20T17:16:23.398Z. Place identity tables pulled 2026-10-01.