Your local economy, in plain numbers.
Official numbers on jobs, income, housing, and schools for every U.S. state and county. Every figure cites its source. And when you want to see how the gears turn, there is a simulator.
| Check | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| State index | Pass | 50 states loaded from processed JSON. |
| County index | Pass | 3143 counties loaded from processed JSON. |
| Metro index | Pass | 120 metros loaded from processed JSON. |
| Top rankings | Pass | 5 ranked states available. |
| Static data | Pass | Next.js imports processed data during static build. |
| Citations | Pass | Data validation checks metric provenance. |
An economy you can crash.
A small model economy that runs in your browser. You get 41 dials: interest rates, taxes, tariffs, money printing, the gold standard, bank bailouts. Ten million simulated people live with whatever you decide. Load 1929 or Weimar Germany and see if you can do better than history did.
It is the one place on this site where the numbers are not real. That is the point. Being wrong here is free.
What LocalLedger tracks
Official labor, income, housing, education, and public finance data - presented clearly.
Economic Dashboards
State and county-level scorecards with unemployment, income, housing, and labor data from BLS, FRED, and Census.
College ROI
College Scorecard data: net price, graduation rates, earnings, and debt-to-income ratios across U.S. institutions.
Federal Spending
USAspending.gov data on federal grants, contracts, and loans flowing across U.S. counties.
Recession Radar
State slowdown risk views based on public historical data. Not financial advice.
National preview
Top state economy scores
50 states tracked - each tile links to that state's dashboard. Color = local economy score (green = strong, amber = moderate, tan = developing).