Stark County, OH
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 40.81, -81.37.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 45th pct · 1,679th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 51st pct · 43rd of 88 Ohio counties · median $218,478
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 66th pct · 1,018th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 60th pct · 35th of 88 Ohio counties · median +3.9%
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 17th pct · 1,126th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 27th pct · 40th of 55 Ohio counties · median $1,340
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 93rd pct · 209th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 91st pct · 8th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 70th pct · 935th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 66th pct · 30th of 88 Ohio counties · median $1,081
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 36th pct · 1,936th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 47th pct · 47th of 88 Ohio counties · median 3.7
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon 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 $218,921 (Sep 2026), +4.2% over one year, +34.0% over five
- 45th pct · 1,679th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 51st pct · 43rd of 88 Ohio counties · median $218,478
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stark County, OH | $218,921 · +4.2% 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 $1,141/mo (Sep 2026), +4.3% over one year; price-to-rent 16.0
- 17th pct · 1,126th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 27th pct · 40th of 55 Ohio counties · median $1,340
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stark County, OH | $1,141/mo · +4.3% 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 $1,213 a month on $218,921 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,005 a month: 24.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $218,921 × 80% = $175,137, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,213/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,155 × 52 / 12 = $5,005) = 24% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $218,921 / ($1,155 × 52) = 3.6
- price-to-rent = $218,921 / ($1,141 × 12) = 16.0
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 #
154,742 jobs at 9,585 employers (2026 Q1); -0.7% jobs and +5.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 93rd pct · 209th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 91st pct · 8th of 88 Ohio counties · median 20,657
- counties in the Canton-Massillon metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Canton-Massillon metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stark County, OH | 154,742 jobs · $1,155/wk · -0.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 28,016 | $1,114 | 1.20 | +0.2% |
| Manufacturing | 23,959 | $1,509 | 1.92 | -0.4% |
| Retail trade | 18,600 | $672 | 1.23 | -1.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 15,852 | $426 | 1.14 | +1.8% |
| Construction | 8,201 | $1,728 | 1.01 | +5.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 6,661 | $1,075 | 0.76 | -1.5% |
| Other services | 5,636 | $832 | 1.22 | +1.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 5,245 | $1,439 | 0.88 | +3.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 5,132 | $1,163 | 0.79 | -18.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 4,800 | $2,023 | 0.45 | -6.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 4,410 | $1,957 | 0.70 | +0.0% |
| Educational services | 2,427 | $761 | 0.73 | -4.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Arthur at Moraine State Park, PA | 1,190 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 106 km |
| Pymatuning Reservoir at Pymatuning Dam, PA | 1,008 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 107 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 #
135 gauges · 0 flooding · 22 with quality panels averaging 94 % · 36 stale
Sites found: 135, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Standingstone Fork above Tappan Lake OH | stage 4.65 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 60 km |
| Brushy Fork above Clendening Lake OH | stage 1.79 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 66 km |
| W Br Nimishillen Crk at Tuscarawas St at Canton OH | flow 11.3 ft³/s · STALE | 3 km |
| Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek at Canton OH | flow 10.7 ft³/s · no flooding | 3 km |
| E Branch Nimishillen Crk at Trump Ave nr Canton OH | flow 5.69 ft³/s · STALE | 4 km |
| USGS-404702081193500 | flow 0.00 ft³/s · STALE | 5 km |
| West Branch Nimishillen Creek at North Canton OH | stage 3.61 ft · no flooding | 6 km |
| Nimishillen Creek at North Industry OH | flow 93.9 ft³/s · no flooding | 7 km |
| Zimber Ditch at North Canton OH | stage 4.02 ft · no flooding | 8 km |
| East Branch Nimishillen Creek at Louisville OH | stage 3.85 ft · observation not current | 9 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 #
56 wells in 3 named aquifers: Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions), Pennsylvanian aquifers, Mississippian aquifers
Sites found: 56, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 31.7 ft · 2024-09-29 | 2 km |
| USGS-405052081193700 | depth 16.1 ft · 1982-10-12 | 5 km |
| USGS-405051081244200 | depth 9.51 ft · 1985-05-30 | 5 km |
| USGS-405211081253500 | depth 14.7 ft · 2005-04-28 | 8 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 15.5 ft · 2024-09-29 | 8 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 39.0 ft · 2026-10-18 | 19 km |
| Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions) | depth 9.98 ft · 2024-09-29 | 25 km |
| USGS-403813081325200 | depth 7.55 ft · 1980-09-29 | 25 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 (0.02)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.06 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$10.1 bn in deposits at 88 offices of 17 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,153, highly concentrated. $2.7 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $2.6 bn, grants $69.5 m), $17,424 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | $4.2 bn · 41.4% share · 17 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $1.3 bn · 12.6% share · 8 offices | |
| First Commonwealth Bank | $957.3 m · 9.4% share · 9 offices | |
| Stark, OH | $2.7 bn FY2026 · $17,424/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $2.6 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | $4,195,081,000 | 41.4% | 17 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $1,277,800,000 | 12.6% | 8 |
| First Commonwealth Bank | $957,265,000 | 9.4% | 9 |
| KeyBank National Association | $892,287,000 | 8.8% | 10 |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | $762,000,000 | 7.5% | 8 |
| Consumers National Bank | $502,596,000 | 5.0% | 10 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $404,573,000 | 4.0% | 5 |
| Fifth Third Bank, National Association | $278,599,000 | 2.7% | 3 |
| WesBanco Bank, Inc. | $212,075,000 | 2.1% | 1 |
| The Farmers National Bank of Canfield | $201,246,000 | 2.0% | 4 |
Deposit concentration is 2,153 across 17 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 17 banks with deposits in the county = 41.4² + 12.6² + 9.4² + … (14 more) = 2,153
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 | $2,044,681,105 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $310,723,394 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $221,807,657 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $43,050,428 |
| Department of Transportation | $40,055,603 |
| Department of Education | $27,806,824 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $17,539,723 |
| National Science Foundation | $2,350,372 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,107,018 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,099,127 |
| Department of the Interior | $698,807 |
| Department of Justice | $431,586 |
That is $17,424 per covered job, against 154,742 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $2.7 bn / 154,742 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $17,424
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 · % | 73.84 | 2026-10-19 | not published |
| 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 #
Stark County, OH: 9 findings, 1 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchStark County, OH's covered employment is -0.7% 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 = -0.7 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteStark County, OH's average weekly wage was 5.0% 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
- +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
noteStark County, OH's covered employment was 0.7% 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
- -0.7 % = 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
noteStark County, OH's typical home value rose 0.5% from $217,912 in August 2026 to $218,921 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (218920.6518408224 - 217911.53870082216) / 217911.53870082216 × 100
- 218920.6518408224 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 217911.53870082216 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteStark County, OH's covered employment of 154,742 ranks 209th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 94 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 9 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.