Arlington County, VA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.88, -77.10.
Assembled 2026-10-20. Read the brief.
- 98th pct · 41st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 99th pct · 2nd of 133 Virginia counties · median $309,231
- 95th pct · 2nd of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $562,284
- 32nd pct · 2,064th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 18th pct · 109th of 133 Virginia counties · median +2.8%
- 45th pct · 13th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median +1.6%
- 96th pct · 54th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 98th pct · 2nd of 71 Virginia counties · median $1,806
- 95th pct · 2nd of 22 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $2,255
- 94th pct · 194th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 96th pct · 5th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- 77th pct · 6th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median 38,075
- 99th pct · 11th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 99th pct · 2nd of 133 Virginia counties · median $1,048
- 100th pct · 1st of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $1,341
- 70th pct · 909th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 49th pct · 68th of 133 Virginia counties · median 5.4
- 13th pct · 20th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median 7.1
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 $802,232 (Sep 2026), +1.3% over one year, +10.6% over five
- 98th pct · 41st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 99th pct · 2nd of 133 Virginia counties · median $309,231
- 95th pct · 2nd of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $562,284
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington County, VA | $802,232 · +1.3% 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 $2,680/mo (Sep 2026), +1.1% over one year; price-to-rent 24.9
- 96th pct · 54th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 98th pct · 2nd of 71 Virginia counties · median $1,806
- 95th pct · 2nd of 22 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $2,255
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington County, VA | $2,680/mo · +1.1% 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 $4,444 a month on $802,232 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $12,571 a month: 35.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $802,232 × 80% = $641,786, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $4,444/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $2,901 × 52 / 12 = $12,571) = 35% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $802,232 / ($2,901 × 52) = 5.3
- price-to-rent = $802,232 / ($2,680 × 12) = 24.9
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 #
171,969 jobs at 9,583 employers (2026 Q1); -5.4% jobs and +8.4% average weekly wage over the year
- 94th pct · 194th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 96th pct · 5th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- 77th pct · 6th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median 38,075
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington County, VA | 171,969 jobs · $2,901/wk · -5.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional and technical services | 45,594 | $3,375 | 3.84 | -7.8% |
| Accommodation and food services | 14,169 | $733 | 0.92 | -2.8% |
| Health care and social assistance | 11,088 | $1,569 | 0.43 | -2.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 10,884 | $2,753 | 1.50 | -0.4% |
| Other services | 9,856 | $2,254 | 1.92 | -8.0% |
| Management of companies | 7,668 | $9,562 | 2.66 | -2.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 6,967 | $1,327 | 0.71 | +1.6% |
| Retail trade | 6,764 | $839 | 0.40 | -8.6% |
| Real estate and rental | 4,043 | $2,982 | 1.53 | +1.1% |
| Educational services | 3,780 | $1,351 | 1.02 | -1.3% |
| Finance and insurance | 3,115 | $6,238 | 0.44 | +0.1% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 2,484 | $636 | 0.88 | -0.6% |
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 #
D0 abnormally dry
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 #
$9.0 bn in deposits at 52 offices of 24 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,269, moderately concentrated. $16.4 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $15.2 bn, direct payments $895.9 m), $95,262 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Truist Bank | $1.8 bn · 20.1% share · 8 offices | |
| Bank of America, National Association | $1.7 bn · 18.6% share · 5 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $1.6 bn · 18.1% share · 8 offices | |
| Arlington, VA | $16.4 bn FY2026 · $95,262/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truist Bank | $1,810,391,000 | 20.1% | 8 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $1,668,816,000 | 18.6% | 5 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $1,631,505,000 | 18.1% | 8 |
| United Bank | $800,744,000 | 8.9% | 3 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $639,908,000 | 7.1% | 4 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $326,453,000 | 3.6% | 2 |
| John Marshall Bank | $278,549,000 | 3.1% | 1 |
| Capital One, National Association | $249,543,000 | 2.8% | 1 |
| TD Bank, National Association | $218,619,000 | 2.4% | 2 |
| Atlantic Union Bank | $210,863,000 | 2.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,269 across 24 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 24 banks with deposits in the county = 20.1² + 18.6² + 18.1² + … (21 more) = 1,269
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 #
That is $95,262 per covered job, against 171,969 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $16.4 bn / 171,969 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $95,262
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.
Public companies #
14 public companies file with the SEC from a business address here (BOEING CO, RTX Corp, Venture Global, Inc., and 11 more). The snapshot was pulled 2026-10-20; 14 of 14 carry financial facts. The county's jobs mix maps to 7 GICS sectors, led by Industrials.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| BOEING CO | BA · NYSE · Industrials · ARLINGTON, VA 22202 | |
| RTX Corp | RTX · NYSE · Industrials · ARLINGTON, VA 22209 | |
| Venture Global, Inc. | VG · NYSE · Utilities · ARLINGTON, VA 22209 | |
| AES CORP | AES · NYSE · Industrials · ARLINGTON, VA 22203 | |
| Graham Holdings Co | GHC · NYSE · Consumer Discretionary · ARLINGTON, VA 22209 | |
| Leonardo DRS, Inc. | DRS · Nasdaq · Industrials · ARLINGTON, VA 22202 | |
| COSTAR GROUP, INC. | CSGP · Nasdaq · Industrials · ARLINGTON, VA 22209 | |
| Fluence Energy, Inc. | FLNC · Nasdaq · Information Technology · ARLINGTON, VA 22201 | |
| AeroVironment Inc | AVAV · Nasdaq · Industrials · ARLINGTON, VA 22202 | |
| Evolent Health, Inc. | EVH · NYSE · Industrials · ARLINGTON, VA 22209 |
Snapshot pulled 2026-10-20: 14 filers, 14 with financial facts.
Public filers whose registered business address with the SEC falls in this county, from a committed snapshot of EDGAR's company_tickers_exchange file. A position is the centroid of the address's ZIP code (Census ZCTA) or, where the snapshot says so, of its city: it is not a building. Legal entities only - no officer, insider or shareholder data is read, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 are excluded everywhere. Sector exposure is the county's BLS QCEW jobs mix bridged to GICS sectors by a convention documented in lib/companies/sectors.ts; a jobs mix is not a portfolio.
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 | 17.40 | 2026-10-19 | -3.1% |
| 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 | 2026-10-20 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 255,129.00 | 2026-09-01 | -1.4% |
| 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 | 1,221.00 | 2026-09-01 | -5.2% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,400.00 | 2026-09-01 | -0.2% |
| 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 #
Arlington County, VA: 24 findings, 1 at an alert level, 2 at a watch level and 21 noted
alertArlington County, VA's covered employment is -5.4% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -5.4 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchArlington County, VA's covered employment is -5.4% 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 = -5.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchArlington County, VA's price-to-rent ratio of 24.9 ranks 93rd of 1,358 US counties, a watch level here: price-to-rent in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; 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: priceToRent percentile = 93.22033898305084 >= 90
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level
noteArlington County, VA's average weekly wage was 8.4% 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
- +8.4 % = 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
noteArlington County, VA's covered employment was 5.4% 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
- -5.4 % = 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
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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