Hood River County, OR: 17 findings, 8 at a watch level and 9 noted
17 findings fired for Hood River County, OR this run, against a typical home value of $682,386 in September 2026 and covered employment of 13,510 in 2026 Q1. 5 further findings are not listed here.
Rules version 1. Assembled 2026-10-20. Back to Hood River County, OR.
12 findings #
watchHood River County, OR's typical asking rent is +38.3% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 8 percent above a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: rent.yoyPct = 38.25478274309576 >= 8
arithmetic on Zillow ZORI; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's years of wages of 12.4 ranks 34th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages percentile = 98.92227302416721 >= 90
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's years of wages is 12.4, a watch level here: typical home value worth 10 or more years of one average covered wage (typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages = 12.403409240306114 >= 10
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's typical asking rent is -3.1% 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: rent.momPct = -3.104675325170989 <= -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
watchHood River County, OR's covered employment is -0.9% 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 = -0.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchHood River County, OR's typical asking rent fell 3.1% from $2,702 in August 2026 to $2,618 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -3.1% = (2618.055555555555 - 2701.942084761558) / 2701.942084761558 × 100
- 2618.055555555555 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 2701.942084761558 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
watchHood River County, OR's price-to-rent ratio of 21.7 scores 83 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 48 across Oregon counties, a gap of 35 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 35 = |83 across US counties - 48 across Oregon counties|
- 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
watchHood River County, OR's typical home value of +2.6% scores 46 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 80 across Oregon counties, a gap of 34 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 34 = |46 across US counties - 80 across Oregon counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteHood River County, OR's average weekly wage was 4.4% 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
- +4.4 % = 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
noteHood River County, OR's covered employment was 0.9% 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
- -0.9 % = 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
noteHood River County, OR's typical home value of $682,386 ranks 1st of 36 Oregon counties, against a median of $428,005.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 36 Oregon counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteHood River County, OR's typical asking rent of $2,618 ranks 1st of 26 Oregon counties, against a median of $1,770.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 26 Oregon counties that published rent.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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