Fauquier County, VA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.74, -77.82.
Assembled 2026-10-20. Read the brief.
- 97th pct · 90th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 95th pct · 7th of 133 Virginia counties · median $309,231
- 72nd pct · 7th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $562,284
- 49th pct · 1,532nd of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 51st pct · 65th of 133 Virginia counties · median +2.8%
- 72nd pct · 7th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median +1.6%
- 91st pct · 110th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 91st pct · 7th of 71 Virginia counties · median $1,806
- 61st pct · 9th of 22 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $2,255
- 74th pct · 827th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 74th pct · 35th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- 31st pct · 16th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median 38,075
- 89th pct · 329th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 86th pct · 19th of 133 Virginia counties · median $1,048
- 59th pct · 10th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $1,341
- 95th pct · 133rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 96th pct · 6th of 133 Virginia counties · median 5.4
- 81st pct · 5th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median 7.1
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 $645,183 (Sep 2026), +2.8% over one year, +25.0% over five
- 97th pct · 90th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 95th pct · 7th of 133 Virginia counties · median $309,231
- 72nd pct · 7th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $562,284
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fauquier County, VA | $645,183 · +2.8% 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 $2,286/mo (Sep 2026), +6.4% over one year; price-to-rent 23.5
- 91st pct · 110th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 91st pct · 7th of 71 Virginia counties · median $1,806
- 61st pct · 9th of 22 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median $2,255
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fauquier County, VA | $2,286/mo · +6.4% 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 $3,574 a month on $645,183 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $6,088 a month: 58.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $645,183 × 80% = $516,146, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $3,574/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,405 × 52 / 12 = $6,088) = 59% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $645,183 / ($1,405 × 52) = 8.8
- price-to-rent = $645,183 / ($2,286 × 12) = 23.5
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 #
23,919 jobs at 2,553 employers (2026 Q1); +0.5% jobs and +8.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 74th pct · 827th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 74th pct · 35th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- 31st pct · 16th of 23 counties in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro · median 38,075
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fauquier County, VA | 23,919 jobs · $1,405/wk · +0.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 2,874 | $1,562 | 2.29 | +11.7% |
| Retail trade | 2,825 | $810 | 1.21 | -3.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,592 | $1,174 | 0.72 | -5.8% |
| Professional and technical services | 2,283 | $2,179 | 1.38 | -1.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,898 | $542 | 0.88 | -4.5% |
| Other services | 1,419 | $905 | 1.99 | +0.6% |
| Manufacturing | 1,038 | $1,301 | 0.54 | +0.0% |
| Educational services | 647 | $706 | 1.26 | -3.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 608 | $3,564 | 0.62 | +5.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 459 | $1,363 | 0.50 | -3.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 366 | $1,308 | 0.36 | -1.3% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 256 | $762 | 0.65 | -8.9% |
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 #
2 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 2, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE NEAR ELK GARDEN, WV | 1,459 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 136 km |
| SAVAGE RIVER RESERVOIR NEAR BLOOMINGTON, MD | 1,447 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 142 km |
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 #
202 gauges · 0 flooding · 43 with quality panels averaging 99 % · 42 stale
Sites found: 202, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| ACCOTINK CREEK NEAR RANGER ROAD AT FAIRFAX, VA | flow 2.74 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) · STALE | 48 km |
| CARTER RUN AT ROUTE 681 NEAR JEFFERSONTON, VA | flow 48.9 ft³/s · quality 100 % (2) · STALE | 8 km |
| Rappahannock River At Lee Highway | no readings | 10 km |
| TURKEY RUN AT ROUTE 643 NEAR CATLETT, VA | flow 2.82 ft³/s · quality 100 % (2) · STALE | 10 km |
| Broad Run at Buckland | observation not current | 14 km |
| Broad Run at Rollins Ford Road | no readings | 18 km |
| Rappahannock River At Crest Hill Road | no readings | 18 km |
| Catharpin Creek at US-15 | no readings | 20 km |
| CEDAR RUN NEAR CATLETT, VA | flow 15.5 ft³/s · no flooding | 21 km |
| HAZEL RIVER AT RIXEYVILLE, VA | flow 141.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 21 km |
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 #
33 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 33, 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.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-384122077462601 | depth 2.39 ft · 2021-09-30 | 7 km |
| USGS-384957077481701 | depth 21.2 ft · 2026-10-06 | 10 km |
| USGS-384348077405401 | depth 1.88 ft · 2020-12-01 | 12 km |
| USGS-385207077493301 | depth 9.44 ft · 2021-09-30 | 14 km |
| USGS-383951077415001 | depth 44.7 ft · 2026-10-19 | 14 km |
| USGS-383455077463101 | depth 13.3 ft · 2021-09-28 | 18 km |
| USGS-385607077381101 | depth 8.30 ft · 2026-10-19 | 27 km |
| USGS-382859077474201 | depth 19.0 ft · 2026-10-19 | 29 km |
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 + 0.2×0.01 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$2.3 bn in deposits at 17 offices of 10 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,682, moderately concentrated. $662.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $596.8 m, contracts $34.6 m), $27,711 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Oak View National Bank | $559.1 m · 24.2% share · 2 offices | |
| Truist Bank | $504.7 m · 21.8% share · 3 offices | |
| Virginia National Bank | $451.4 m · 19.5% share · 5 offices | |
| Fauquier, VA | $662.8 m FY2026 · $27,711/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $596.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak View National Bank | $559,106,000 | 24.2% | 2 |
| Truist Bank | $504,679,000 | 21.8% | 3 |
| Virginia National Bank | $451,443,000 | 19.5% | 5 |
| Atlantic Union Bank | $237,176,000 | 10.3% | 1 |
| Capital One, National Association | $165,904,000 | 7.2% | 1 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $162,614,000 | 7.0% | 1 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $99,721,000 | 4.3% | 1 |
| Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company | $79,780,000 | 3.4% | 1 |
| Bank Of Clarke | $53,276,000 | 2.3% | 1 |
| Farmers & Merchants Bank | $5,000 | 0.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,682 across 10 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 10 banks with deposits in the county = 24.2² + 21.8² + 19.5² + … (7 more) = 1,682
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 | $371,725,692 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $153,961,587 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $75,089,001 |
| Department of Transportation | $40,218,914 |
| Department of Defense | $10,105,057 |
| Department of the Treasury | $6,123,654 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,287,093 |
| Department of State | $1,070,468 |
| Department of Education | $1,003,752 |
| Department of the Interior | $826,539 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $712,617 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $571,761 |
That is $27,711 per covered job, against 23,919 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $662.8 m / 23,919 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $27,711
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 #
Fauquier County, VA: 14 findings, 2 at a watch level and 12 noted
watchFauquier County, VA's years of wages of 8.8 ranks 133rd of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; 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: yearsOfWages percentile = 95.68909209666884 >= 90
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
watchFauquier County, VA's typical asking rent is -1.1% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; 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.Show the arithmetic
- test: rent.momPct = -1.1349380307822083 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteFauquier County, VA's average weekly wage was 8.5% 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
- +8.5 % = 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
noteFauquier County, VA's typical asking rent fell 1.1% from $2,312 in August 2026 to $2,286 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -1.1% = (2285.569444444445 - 2311.807021530083) / 2311.807021530083 × 100
- 2285.569444444445 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 2311.807021530083 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
noteFauquier County, VA's covered employment was 0.5% 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
- +0.5 % = 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
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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