Bristol city, VA: 17 findings, 1 at a watch level and 16 noted

17 findings fired for Bristol city, VA this run, against a typical home value of $177,856 in September 2026 and covered employment of 11,048 in 2026 Q1. 5 further findings are not listed here.

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12 findings #

currentretrieved 2026-10-20

  1. watchBristol city, VA's typical home value is -3.0% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; 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.
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    • test: home.yoyPct = -2.9858679257173213 < 0

    arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level

  2. noteBristol city, VA's covered employment was 3.0% 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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    • +3 % = 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. noteBristol city, VA's average weekly wage was 1.5% 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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    • +1.5 % = 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

  4. noteBristol city, VA's typical asking rent rose 0.7% from $1,373 in August 2026 to $1,383 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • +0.7% = (1382.5 - 1373.0925159740793) / 1373.0925159740793 × 100
    • 1382.5 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
    • 1373.0925159740793 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08

  5. noteBristol city, VA's typical home value fell 0.5% from $178,677 in August 2026 to $177,856 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • -0.5% = (177855.9850897145 - 178677.23908556908) / 178677.23908556908 × 100
    • 177855.9850897145 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
    • 178677.23908556908 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08

  6. noteBristol city, VA's typical home value of -3.0% ranks 5th of 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro, against a median of +2.5%.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro that published home.yoyPct

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

  7. noteBristol city, VA's average weekly wage of $901 ranks 5th of 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro, against a median of $1,002.

    Period 2026 Q1.
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    • 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage

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

  8. noteBristol city, VA's covered employment of +3.0% ranks 1st of 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro, against a median of -1.0%.

    Period 2026 Q1.
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    • 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro that published jobs.yoy.emp

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

  9. noteBristol city, VA's momentum index of 0.32 ranks 1st of 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro, against a median of -0.01.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 5 counties in the Kingsport-Bristol metro that published momentum
    • 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%)

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

  10. noteBristol city, VA's price-to-rent ratio of 10.7 ranks 69th of 71 Virginia counties, against a median of 17.7.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 71 Virginia 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

  11. noteBristol city, VA's price-to-rent ratio of 10.7 ranks 1,319th of 1,358 US counties, against a median of 17.0.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 1358 US 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

  12. noteBristol city, VA's typical home value of -3.0% ranks 129th of 133 Virginia counties, against a median of +2.8%.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 133 Virginia counties that published home.yoyPct

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

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Sources #

  • 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
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 51520, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · 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 · 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%)
  • 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
  • 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 Observed Rent Index (ZORI)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
  • 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

Citations

  • 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.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 51520, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/51520.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: 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%).
  • 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.
  • 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 Observed Rent Index (ZORI). 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.
  • 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.

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 Bristol city, VA; 30-year fixed mortgage rate (watch) is at a watch or alert level. They are context.
  • The occupation mix is the 28700 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.
  • USGS gauges did not answer.
  • USGS wells did not answer.
  • Stress uses 1 of 4 terms (drought); 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 2026-10-20T08:56:48.007Z. Place identity tables pulled 2026-10-01.