Highlands County, FL: 11 findings, 4 at a watch level and 7 noted

11 findings fired for Highlands County, FL this run, against a typical home value of $231,284 in September 2026 and covered employment of 28,803 in 2026 Q1.

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11 findings #

currentretrieved 2026-10-20

  1. watchHighlands County, FL's typical home value is -1.4% 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 = -1.3799154333125547 < 0

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

  2. watchHighlands County, FL's typical asking rent of $1,517 scores 51 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 9 across Florida counties, a gap of 42 points.

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    • 42 = |51 across US counties - 9 across Florida counties|

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  3. watchHighlands County, FL's typical home value of $231,284 scores 50 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 17 across Florida counties, a gap of 34 points.

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    • 34 = |50 across US counties - 17 across Florida counties|

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  4. watchHighlands County, FL's years of wages of 4.6 scores 58 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 27 across Florida counties, a gap of 31 points.

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    • 31 = |58 across US counties - 27 across Florida counties|
    • typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household

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  5. noteHighlands County, FL's typical asking rent fell 0.7% from $1,527 in August 2026 to $1,517 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.

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    • -0.7% = (1516.5238095238094 - 1527.0822533936675) / 1527.0822533936675 × 100
    • 1516.5238095238094 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
    • 1527.0822533936675 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08

  6. noteHighlands County, FL's typical home value fell 0.3% from $231,946 in August 2026 to $231,284 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

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    • -0.3% = (231284.3950716765 - 231945.80553646758) / 231945.80553646758 × 100
    • 231284.3950716765 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
    • 231945.80553646758 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08

  7. noteHighlands County, FL's price-to-rent ratio of 12.7 ranks 44th of 45 Florida counties, against a median of 15.2.

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    • 2 on the 0-to-100 scale across 45 Florida counties that published priceToRent
    • typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month

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  8. noteHighlands County, FL's typical asking rent of $1,517 ranks 41st of 45 Florida counties, against a median of $1,881.

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    • 9 on the 0-to-100 scale across 45 Florida counties that published rent.latest

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

  9. noteHighlands County, FL's price-to-rent ratio of 12.7 ranks 1,225th of 1,358 US counties, against a median of 17.0.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 10 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

  10. noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Highlands County, FL is due between 2026-11-14 and 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

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    • window = 2026-11-14 to 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

  11. noteThe next Zillow ZORI typical rent (monthly) covering Highlands County, FL is due between 2026-11-14 and 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

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    • window = 2026-11-14 to 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

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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
  • publishedZillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI)Zillow Researchopen the source
    County_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv · period 2026-09 · retrieved 2026-10-20
  • 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
  • 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
  • publishedQuarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsopen the source
    area 12055, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · 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 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

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. series area 12055, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/12055.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 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.

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 Highlands County, FL; none is at a watch or alert level. They are context.
  • The occupation mix is the 42700 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 2026-10-20T20:23:49.107Z. Place identity tables pulled 2026-10-01.