Shawnee County, KS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 39.04, -95.76.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 40th pct · 1,833rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 78th pct · 23rd of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Topeka metro · median $252,635
- 19th pct · 2,453rd of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 17th pct · 87th of 105 Kansas counties · median +4.1%
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Topeka metro · median +3.2%
- 25th pct · 1,013th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 66th pct · 7th of 19 Kansas counties · median $1,215
- counties in the Topeka metro: only 1 of counties in the Topeka metro published this metric; fewer than 5 is too few to rank
- 90th pct · 295th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 98th pct · 3rd of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 counties in the Topeka metro · median 3,757
- 84th pct · 509th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 97th pct · 4th of 105 Kansas counties · median $943
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 counties in the Topeka metro · median $918
- 22nd pct · 2,369th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 52nd pct · 50th of 105 Kansas counties · median 3.0
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Topeka metro · median 5.3
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 $205,296 (Sep 2026), -0.1% over one year, +31.2% over five
- 40th pct · 1,833rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 78th pct · 23rd of 105 Kansas counties · median $148,146
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Topeka metro · median $252,635
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shawnee County, KS | $205,296 · -0.1% 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 $1,251/mo (Sep 2026), +4.3% over one year; price-to-rent 13.7
- 25th pct · 1,013th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 66th pct · 7th of 19 Kansas counties · median $1,215
- counties in the Topeka metro: only 1 of counties in the Topeka metro published this metric; fewer than 5 is too few to rank
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shawnee County, KS | $1,251/mo · +4.3% 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 $1,137 a month on $205,296 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,599 a month: 20.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $205,296 × 80% = $164,237, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,137/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,292 × 52 / 12 = $5,599) = 20% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $205,296 / ($1,292 × 52) = 3.1
- price-to-rent = $205,296 / ($1,251 × 12) = 13.7
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 #
101,673 jobs at 7,442 employers (2026 Q1); +0.4% jobs and +3.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 90th pct · 295th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 98th pct · 3rd of 105 Kansas counties · median 2,554
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 counties in the Topeka metro · median 3,757
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shawnee County, KS | 101,673 jobs · $1,292/wk · +0.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 18,501 | $1,247 | 1.21 | +3.0% |
| Manufacturing | 8,500 | $1,483 | 1.04 | +0.0% |
| Retail trade | 8,180 | $694 | 0.83 | -3.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 7,380 | $419 | 0.81 | +4.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 6,683 | $1,588 | 0.95 | +2.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 5,743 | $1,060 | 0.99 | +2.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 5,506 | $2,409 | 1.33 | +0.2% |
| Construction | 4,514 | $1,445 | 0.85 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 3,609 | $1,131 | 0.84 | -2.0% |
| Other services | 3,391 | $1,046 | 1.12 | +0.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,585 | $2,033 | 0.66 | -2.3% |
| Information | 1,167 | $1,752 | 0.62 | +0.0% |
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 #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
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 #
$5.8 bn in deposits at 56 offices of 18 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,075, highly concentrated. $2.2 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.6 bn, grants $607.4 m), $21,863 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capitol Federal Savings Bank | $2.3 bn · 39.8% share · 10 offices | |
| CoreFirst Bank & Trust | $981.5 m · 16.8% share · 10 offices | |
| Silver Lake Bank | $422.2 m · 7.2% share · 4 offices | |
| Shawnee, KS | $2.2 bn FY2026 · $21,863/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $1.5 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Federal Savings Bank | $2,320,877,000 | 39.8% | 10 |
| CoreFirst Bank & Trust | $981,498,000 | 16.8% | 10 |
| Silver Lake Bank | $422,215,000 | 7.2% | 4 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $397,416,000 | 6.8% | 4 |
| UMB Bank, National Association | $357,023,000 | 6.1% | 1 |
| Kaw Valley Bank | $282,983,000 | 4.9% | 7 |
| Heritage Bank | $278,620,000 | 4.8% | 3 |
| Community Bank | $162,932,000 | 2.8% | 1 |
| Intrust Bank, National Association | $140,975,000 | 2.4% | 1 |
| Equity Bank | $121,138,000 | 2.1% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 2,075 across 18 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 18 banks with deposits in the county = 39.8² + 16.8² + 7.2² + … (15 more) = 2,075
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 #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $944,908,966 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $433,682,775 |
| Department of Education | $369,336,027 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $166,502,494 |
| Department of Transportation | $129,145,939 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $65,107,876 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $54,065,103 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $22,374,038 |
| Department of Defense | $22,214,964 |
| Department of Justice | $5,421,830 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,551,500 |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission | $3,729,373 |
That is $21,863 per covered job, against 101,673 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $2.2 bn / 101,673 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $21,863
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.
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 | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| 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 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| 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 | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| 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 #
Shawnee County, KS: 18 findings, 4 at a watch level and 14 noted
watchShawnee County, KS' typical home value is -0.1% 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -0.14136007304983433 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchShawnee County, KS' typical asking rent of $1,251 scores 25 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 67 across Kansas counties, a gap of 41 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 41 = |25 across US counties - 67 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchShawnee County, KS' typical home value of $205,296 scores 40 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 79 across Kansas counties, a gap of 39 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 39 = |40 across US counties - 79 across Kansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchShawnee County, KS' years of wages of 3.1 scores 23 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 53 across Kansas counties, a gap of 30 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 30 = |23 across US counties - 53 across Kansas counties|
- 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
noteShawnee County, KS' average weekly wage was 3.9% 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
- +3.9 % = 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
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.