Jefferson County, KS: 12 findings, 1 at a watch level and 11 noted

12 findings fired for Jefferson County, KS this run, against a typical home value of $291,210 in September 2026 and covered employment of 3,757 in 2026 Q1.

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12 findings #

currentretrieved 2026-10-20

  1. watchJefferson County, KS' momentum index is -0.34, a watch level here: momentum index in the cooling band (the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; 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.
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    • test: momentum = -0.33608456939089265 <= -0.25
    • 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%)

    the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level

  2. noteJefferson County, KS' typical home value rose 0.7% from $289,164 in August 2026 to $291,210 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • +0.7% = (291210.3346081912 - 289164.14726514765) / 289164.14726514765 × 100
    • 291210.3346081912 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
    • 289164.14726514765 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08

  3. noteJefferson County, KS' typical home value of $291,210 ranks 1st of 5 counties in the Topeka metro, against a median of $252,635.

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

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

  4. noteJefferson County, KS' typical home value of +8.8% ranks 1st of 5 counties in the Topeka metro, against a median of +3.2%.

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

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

  5. noteJefferson County, KS' momentum index of -0.34 ranks 5th of 5 counties in the Topeka metro, against a median of 0.26.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 5 counties in the Topeka 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

  6. noteJefferson County, KS' momentum index of -0.34 ranks 102nd of 105 Kansas counties, against a median of 0.26.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 105 Kansas counties 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

  7. noteJefferson County, KS' momentum index of -0.34 ranks 3,099th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 4 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties 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

  8. noteJefferson County, KS' typical home value of $291,210 ranks 6th of 105 Kansas counties, against a median of $148,146.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 95 on the 0-to-100 scale across 105 Kansas counties that published home.latest

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

  9. noteJefferson County, KS' typical home value of +8.8% ranks 182nd of 3,062 US counties, against a median of +2.9%.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 94 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3062 US counties that published home.yoyPct

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

  10. noteJefferson County, KS' years of wages of 5.3 ranks 9th of 105 Kansas counties, against a median of 3.0.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across 105 Kansas counties that published yearsOfWages
    • typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household

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

  11. noteJefferson County, KS' typical home value of +8.8% ranks 11th of 105 Kansas counties, against a median of +4.1%.

    Period 2026-09.
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    • 90 on the 0-to-100 scale across 105 Kansas counties that published home.yoyPct

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

  12. noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Jefferson County, KS 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 #

  • 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%)
  • 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
  • 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 · 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 20087, all ownerships, all industries · period 2026-Q1 · retrieved 2026-10-20

Citations

  • 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). 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. 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: 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 20087, all ownerships, all industries. period 2026-Q1. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/20087.csv. accessed 2026-10-20.

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 Jefferson County, KS; none is at a watch or alert level. They are context.
  • The occupation mix is the 45820 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.
  • Stress uses 2 of 4 terms (drought, quality); 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 2026-10-20T15:07:53.258Z. Place identity tables pulled 2026-10-01.