Lewis County, NY
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.78, -75.44.
Assembled 2026-10-21. Read the brief.
- 37th pct · 1,908th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 13th pct · 54th of 62 New York counties · median $254,056
- 71st pct · 880th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 24th pct · 47th of 62 New York counties · median +5.6%
- US counties: not published this period
- New York counties: not published this period
- 46th pct · 1,730th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 3rd pct · 60th of 62 New York counties · median 32,139
- 63rd pct · 1,182nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 18th pct · 51st of 62 New York counties · median $1,250
- 32nd pct · 2,081st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 26th pct · 46th of 62 New York counties · median 4.1
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 $198,555 (Sep 2026), +4.7% over one year, +30.5% over five
- 37th pct · 1,908th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 13th pct · 54th of 62 New York counties · median $254,056
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis County, NY | $198,555 · +4.7% 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 #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- New York counties: not published this period
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 #
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 #
7,076 jobs at 596 employers (2026 Q1); +1.9% jobs and +2.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 46th pct · 1,730th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 3rd pct · 60th of 62 New York counties · median 32,139
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis County, NY | 7,076 jobs · $1,104/wk · +1.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,228 | $1,408 | 2.16 | +8.1% |
| Retail trade | 775 | $678 | 1.12 | -5.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 466 | $449 | 0.73 | -8.3% |
| Other services | 280 | $688 | 1.32 | +6.1% |
| Construction | 210 | $1,167 | 0.57 | -16.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 125 | $1,170 | 0.46 | +0.8% |
| Professional and technical services | 123 | $1,011 | 0.25 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 113 | $1,355 | 0.38 | -7.4% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 109 | $287 | 0.94 | +55.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 63 | $1,323 | 0.22 | -11.3% |
| Unclassified | 49 | $768 | 3.25 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | 46 | $2,573 | 1.65 | +27.8% |
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 #
$367.2 m in deposits at 6 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,726, highly concentrated. $173.5 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $155.1 m, grants $16.4 m), $24,516 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Community Bank, National Association | $262.8 m · 71.6% share · 4 offices | |
| KeyBank National Association | $88.7 m · 24.2% share · 1 office | |
| Carthage Savings and Loan, National Association | $15.6 m · 4.3% share · 1 office | |
| Lewis, NY | $173.5 m FY2026 · $24,516/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $151.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Bank, National Association | $262,824,000 | 71.6% | 4 |
| KeyBank National Association | $88,725,000 | 24.2% | 1 |
| Carthage Savings and Loan, National Association | $15,629,000 | 4.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,726 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 71.6² + 24.2² + 4.3² = 5,726
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 | $133,678,001 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $17,678,447 |
| Department of Transportation | $16,210,054 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,877,581 |
| Department of Defense | $1,960,920 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $941,933 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $161,360 |
| Department of Education | $159,363 |
| Department of Commerce | $10,000 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $0 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | -$200,000 |
That is $24,516 per covered job, against 7,076 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $173.5 m / 7,076 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $24,516
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 | 16.54 | 2026-10-20 | -4.9% |
| 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 | 2026-10-21 | +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 | 5.00 | 2026-10-20 | -28.6% |
| 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 | unavailable | not published | |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | unavailable | not published | |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | unavailable | not published | |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | unavailable | not published | |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | unavailable | not published | |
| Unemployment rate · % | unavailable | not published | |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | unavailable | not published | |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | unavailable | not published |
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 #
Lewis County, NY: 8 findings, 3 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchLewis County, NY's typical home value of +4.7% scores 71 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 25 across New York counties, a gap of 47 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 47 = |71 across US counties - 25 across New York counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchLewis County, NY's average weekly wage of $1,104 scores 63 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 18 across New York counties, a gap of 45 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 45 = |63 across US counties - 18 across New York counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchLewis County, NY's covered employment of 7,076 scores 46 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 3 across New York counties, a gap of 43 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 43 = |46 across US counties - 3 across New York counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteLewis County, NY's average weekly wage was 2.3% 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
- +2.3 % = 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
noteLewis County, NY's covered employment was 1.9% 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
- +1.9 % = 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 8 findings in the full brief
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