Greene County, AR
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 36.12, -90.57.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 34th pct · 1,993rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 71st pct · 22nd of 74 Arkansas counties · median $169,663
- 50th pct · 1,509th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 50th pct · 37th of 74 Arkansas counties · median +3.0%
- 19th pct · 1,130th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 52nd pct · 11th of 22 Arkansas counties · median $1,127
- 63rd pct · 1,165th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 75th pct · 19th of 75 Arkansas counties · median 5,609
- 16th pct · 2,679th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 41st pct · 44th of 75 Arkansas counties · median $912
- 48th pct · 1,582nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 68th pct · 24th of 74 Arkansas counties · median 3.6
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 $194,641 (Aug 2026), +3.0% over one year, +18.2% over five
- 34th pct · 1,993rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 71st pct · 22nd of 74 Arkansas counties · median $169,663
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greene County, AR | $194,641 · +3.0% 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 $1,163/mo (Aug 2026), +5.2% over one year; price-to-rent 14.0
- 19th pct · 1,130th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 52nd pct · 11th of 22 Arkansas counties · median $1,127
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greene County, AR | $1,163/mo · +5.2% 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 $1,065 a month on $194,641 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,844 a month: 27.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $194,641 × 80% = $155,713, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,065/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $887 × 52 / 12 = $3,844) = 28% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $194,641 / ($887 × 52) = 4.2
- price-to-rent = $194,641 / ($1,163 × 12) = 14.0
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 #
14,543 jobs at 968 employers (2026 Q1); -7.6% jobs and -2.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 63rd pct · 1,165th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 75th pct · 19th of 75 Arkansas counties · median 5,609
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greene County, AR | 14,543 jobs · $887/wk · -7.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 3,460 | $1,060 | 2.96 | -24.1% |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,303 | $866 | 1.05 | +4.8% |
| Retail trade | 1,915 | $680 | 1.35 | +1.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,502 | $371 | 1.15 | +7.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 538 | $788 | 0.65 | -14.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 513 | $1,119 | 0.92 | -4.6% |
| Construction | 503 | $1,265 | 0.66 | +2.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 387 | $1,506 | 0.65 | -11.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 211 | $1,030 | 0.34 | -13.9% |
| Other services | 178 | $700 | 0.41 | +1.7% |
| Educational services | 141 | $644 | 0.45 | -2.1% |
| Real estate and rental | 113 | $620 | 0.51 | +4.6% |
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 #
D3 extreme drought
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 #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
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 #
22 gauges · 0 flooding · 1 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 9 stale
Sites found: 22, 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-07064040 | flow 214.0 ft³/s | 23 km |
| USGS-07064036 | stage 265.9 ft · STALE | 25 km |
| USGS-07064030 | stage 264.2 ft · STALE | 25 km |
| USGS-07064026 | flow 386.0 ft³/s | 26 km |
| USGS-07064046 | stage 263.5 ft · STALE | 26 km |
| USGS-07064060 | stage 4.59 ft · STALE | 30 km |
| USGS-07064000 | flow 472.0 ft³/s | 31 km |
| USGS-07077652 | flow 3.95 ft³/s · STALE | 33 km |
| USGS-07068800 | stage 1.82 ft | 34 km |
| USGS-07040450 | flow 143.0 ft³/s · STALE | 35 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 #
6 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MO005-360252090173201 | depth 12.7 ft · 2026-10-05 | 26 km |
| MO005-360252090173202 | depth -17.5 ft · 2026-10-05 | 26 km |
| MO005-363442090364301 | depth 13.8 ft · 2026-10-05 | 51 km |
| MO005-360425089485001 | depth 17.8 ft · 2026-10-05 | 68 km |
| MO005-362955089581801 | depth 17.5 ft · 2026-10-05 | 68 km |
| MO005-362718089552301 | depth -1.59 ft · 2026-10-05 | 69 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 #
moderate (0.48)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.75 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$1.4 bn in deposits at 18 offices of 9 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,746, highly concentrated. $276.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $271.9 m, grants $4.7 m), $19,040 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First National Bank | $834.6 m · 58.5% share · 3 offices | |
| Focus Bank | $191.1 m · 13.4% share · 3 offices | |
| Centennial Bank | $91.6 m · 6.4% share · 3 offices | |
| Greene, AR | $276.9 m FY2026 · $19,040/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $261.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First National Bank | $834,600,000 | 58.5% | 3 |
| Focus Bank | $191,066,000 | 13.4% | 3 |
| Centennial Bank | $91,648,000 | 6.4% | 3 |
| Southern Bank | $77,038,000 | 5.4% | 1 |
| UNICO Bank | $76,610,000 | 5.4% | 3 |
| The Huntington National Bank | $67,840,000 | 4.8% | 2 |
| Regions Bank | $46,216,000 | 3.2% | 1 |
| Simmons Bank | $36,561,000 | 2.6% | 1 |
| RiverBank | $4,076,000 | 0.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,746 across 9 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 9 banks with deposits in the county = 58.5² + 13.4² + 6.4² + … (6 more) = 3,746
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 | $223,341,180 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $37,407,601 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,909,824 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $4,522,943 |
| Department of Transportation | $4,297,639 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $970,096 |
| Department of Education | $552,860 |
| Delta Regional Authority | $500,000 |
| Department of Defense | $259,279 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $100,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $25,065 |
| Small Business Administration | $11,576 |
That is $19,040 per covered job, against 14,543 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $276.9 m / 14,543 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $19,040
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 | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| 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 · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-06 | +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 | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| 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 | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
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 #
Greene County, AR: 14 findings, 1 at an alert level, 4 at a watch level and 9 noted
alertGreene County, AR's covered employment is -7.6% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -7.6 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchGreene County, AR's covered employment is -7.6% 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 = -7.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchGreene County, AR's average weekly wage is -2.1% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; 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 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.avgWeeklyWage = -2.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchGreene County, AR's typical home value of $194,641 scores 35 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 71 across Arkansas counties, a gap of 36 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 36 = |35 across US counties - 71 across Arkansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchGreene County, AR's typical asking rent of $1,163 scores 19 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 52 across Arkansas counties, a gap of 33 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 33 = |19 across US counties - 52 across Arkansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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.