Portage County, OH
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 41.17, -81.20.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 66th pct · 1,041st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 80th pct · 18th of 88 Ohio counties · median $218,478
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 76th pct · 718th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 77th pct · 21st of 88 Ohio counties · median +3.9%
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 55th pct · 610th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 81st pct · 11th of 55 Ohio counties · median $1,340
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 85th pct · 475th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 78th pct · 20th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 75th pct · 777th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 73rd pct · 24th of 88 Ohio counties · median $1,081
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 56th pct · 1,340th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 74th pct · 23rd of 88 Ohio counties · median 3.7
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $282,245 (Sep 2026), +5.3% over one year, +31.1% over five
- 66th pct · 1,041st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 80th pct · 18th of 88 Ohio counties · median $218,478
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Portage County, OH | $282,245 · +5.3% 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 $1,573/mo (Sep 2026), +4.6% over one year; price-to-rent 14.9
- 55th pct · 610th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 81st pct · 11th of 55 Ohio counties · median $1,340
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Portage County, OH | $1,573/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 $1,563 a month on $282,245 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,196 a month: 30.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $282,245 × 80% = $225,796, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,563/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,199 × 52 / 12 = $5,196) = 30% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $282,245 / ($1,199 × 52) = 4.5
- price-to-rent = $282,245 / ($1,573 × 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 #
55,887 jobs at 3,738 employers (2026 Q1); -0.5% jobs and +2.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 85th pct · 475th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 78th pct · 20th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- counties in the Akron metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Akron metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Portage County, OH | 55,887 jobs · $1,199/wk · -0.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 10,199 | $1,461 | 2.27 | -1.4% |
| Retail trade | 6,893 | $708 | 1.27 | -0.1% |
| Health care and social assistance | 6,000 | $896 | 0.71 | -0.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 5,610 | $407 | 1.12 | +2.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,903 | $2,116 | 1.36 | -1.2% |
| Professional and technical services | 2,562 | $1,998 | 0.66 | +0.8% |
| Construction | 2,170 | $1,390 | 0.74 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,928 | $1,453 | 0.82 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 1,495 | $782 | 0.90 | -1.5% |
| Administrative and waste services | 1,130 | $1,069 | 0.36 | +7.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,046 | $2,179 | 0.46 | +1.4% |
| Management of companies | 971 | $2,143 | 1.04 | -9.4% |
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 #
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 #
$2.9 bn in deposits at 32 offices of 10 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,004, highly concentrated. $1.1 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $995.7 m, grants $43.8 m), $19,026 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | $1.0 bn · 36.1% share · 5 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $523.0 m · 18.0% share · 5 offices | |
| Portage Community Bank | $397.2 m · 13.7% share · 3 offices | |
| Portage, OH | $1.1 bn FY2026 · $19,026/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $912.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | $1,047,684,000 | 36.1% | 5 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $522,998,000 | 18.0% | 5 |
| Portage Community Bank | $397,152,000 | 13.7% | 3 |
| Hometown Bank | $216,848,000 | 7.5% | 4 |
| KeyBank National Association | $200,004,000 | 6.9% | 4 |
| The Farmers National Bank of Canfield | $180,384,000 | 6.2% | 3 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $173,684,000 | 6.0% | 3 |
| Fifth Third Bank, National Association | $102,615,000 | 3.5% | 1 |
| WesBanco Bank, Inc. | $56,266,000 | 1.9% | 1 |
| Woodforest National Bank | $8,323,000 | 0.3% | 3 |
Deposit concentration is 2,004 across 10 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 10 banks with deposits in the county = 36.1² + 18.0² + 13.7² + … (7 more) = 2,004
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 | $822,340,154 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $90,276,834 |
| Department of Education | $60,070,275 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $28,352,844 |
| Department of Transportation | $18,667,072 |
| Department of Defense | $16,501,715 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $10,646,341 |
| National Science Foundation | $5,146,775 |
| Department of Agriculture | $3,497,417 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $3,206,853 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $3,068,648 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,133,489 |
That is $19,026 per covered job, against 55,887 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.1 bn / 55,887 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $19,026
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 #
Portage County, OH: 8 findings, 1 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchPortage County, OH's covered employment is -0.5% 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -0.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
notePortage County, OH's average weekly wage was 2.0% 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
- +2 % = 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
notePortage County, OH's covered employment was 0.5% lower 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
notePortage County, OH's typical home value rose 0.5% from $280,936 in August 2026 to $282,245 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (282244.67723251344 - 280936.1522195142) / 280936.1522195142 × 100
- 282244.67723251344 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 280936.1522195142 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
notePortage County, OH's typical asking rent fell 0.3% from $1,578 in August 2026 to $1,573 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -0.3% = (1573.4953703703704 - 1578.21040896766) / 1578.21040896766 × 100
- 1573.4953703703704 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 1578.21040896766 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
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