Brown County, WI
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 44.47, -88.00.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 80th pct · 601st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 83rd pct · 13th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,510
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 71st pct · 864th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 26th pct · 53rd of 72 Wisconsin counties · median +6.0%
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 16th pct · 1,139th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 27th pct · 28th of 38 Wisconsin counties · median $1,275
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 93rd pct · 205th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 95th pct · 4th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 85th pct · 459th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 92nd pct · 6th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $1,037
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 68th pct · 964th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 43rd pct · 41st of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 5.4
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $355,212 (Sep 2026), +4.7% over one year, +37.8% over five
- 80th pct · 601st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 83rd pct · 13th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median $298,510
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County, WI | $355,212 · +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 #
Typical rent $1,125/mo (Sep 2026), +3.9% over one year; price-to-rent 26.3
- 16th pct · 1,139th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 27th pct · 28th of 38 Wisconsin counties · median $1,275
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County, WI | $1,125/mo · +3.9% 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 $1,968 a month on $355,212 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,690 a month: 34.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $355,212 × 80% = $284,169, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,968/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,313 × 52 / 12 = $5,690) = 35% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $355,212 / ($1,313 × 52) = 5.2
- price-to-rent = $355,212 / ($1,125 × 12) = 26.3
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 #
156,658 jobs at 7,784 employers (2026 Q1); -1.1% jobs and +2.6% average weekly wage over the year
- 93rd pct · 205th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 95th pct · 4th of 72 Wisconsin counties · median 15,405
- counties in the Green Bay metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Green Bay metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County, WI | 156,658 jobs · $1,313/wk · -1.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 29,497 | $1,434 | 2.34 | +0.8% |
| Health care and social assistance | 24,164 | $1,319 | 1.03 | +0.0% |
| Retail trade | 15,159 | $707 | 0.99 | -0.8% |
| Accommodation and food services | 12,055 | $427 | 0.86 | -1.2% |
| Construction | 8,400 | $1,526 | 1.02 | +7.8% |
| Wholesale trade | 8,092 | $1,587 | 1.35 | -0.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,828 | $1,259 | 1.03 | -5.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 6,011 | $1,846 | 0.56 | -2.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 5,886 | $2,430 | 0.92 | -22.6% |
| Management of companies | 5,291 | $2,427 | 2.02 | -1.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 5,009 | $886 | 0.56 | -4.4% |
| Other services | 3,877 | $745 | 0.83 | -1.2% |
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 #
$13.8 bn in deposits at 58 offices of 16 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,260, highly concentrated. $1.7 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.6 bn, grants $96.2 m), $11,042 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Associated Bank, National Association | $7.3 bn · 53.3% share · 11 offices | |
| Nicolet National Bank | $2.4 bn · 17.3% share · 7 offices | |
| BMO Bank National Association | $1.1 bn · 7.9% share · 8 offices | |
| Brown, WI | $1.7 bn FY2026 · $11,042/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $1.5 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Bank, National Association | $7,334,238,000 | 53.3% | 11 |
| Nicolet National Bank | $2,388,894,000 | 17.3% | 7 |
| BMO Bank National Association | $1,094,030,000 | 7.9% | 8 |
| Bank First, N.A. | $595,077,000 | 4.3% | 3 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $483,265,000 | 3.5% | 4 |
| Johnson Bank | $438,827,000 | 3.2% | 2 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $385,216,000 | 2.8% | 4 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $267,913,000 | 1.9% | 3 |
| North Shore Bank | $204,007,000 | 1.5% | 6 |
| Bay Bank | $146,467,000 | 1.1% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 3,260 across 16 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 16 banks with deposits in the county = 53.3² + 17.3² + 7.9² + … (13 more) = 3,260
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 | $1,327,934,882 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $135,202,012 |
| Department of Transportation | $64,151,225 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $40,210,791 |
| Department of Justice | $35,248,344 |
| Department of Education | $30,076,733 |
| Department of Agriculture | $25,046,538 |
| Department of the Interior | $22,258,439 |
| Department of Defense | $20,816,416 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $16,424,097 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $8,680,507 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $3,168,533 |
That is $11,042 per covered job, against 156,658 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.7 bn / 156,658 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $11,042
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 #
Brown County, WI: 13 findings, 4 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchBrown County, WI's price-to-rent ratio of 26.3 ranks 60th of 1,358 US counties, a watch level here: price-to-rent in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; 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: priceToRent percentile = 95.65217391304348 >= 90
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the counties that published both ZHVI and ZORI this month; not an official level
watchBrown County, WI's price-to-rent ratio is 26.3, a watch level here: typical home value worth 25 or more years of typical rent (typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; 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: priceToRent = 26.312974445826935 >= 25
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
typical home value / (typical rent × 12), Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchBrown County, WI's covered employment is -1.1% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -1.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchBrown County, WI's typical home value of +4.7% scores 72 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 27 across Wisconsin counties, a gap of 45 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 45 = |72 across US counties - 27 across Wisconsin counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteBrown County, WI's average weekly wage was 2.6% 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
- +2.6 % = 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.