Brooks County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 30.82, -83.58.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 32nd pct · 2,060th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 41st pct · 93rd of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 79th pct · 641st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 76th pct · 38th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- US counties: not published this period
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 27th pct · 2,326th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 32nd pct · 107th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 19th pct · 2,604th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 26th pct · 117th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 45th pct · 1,669th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 43rd pct · 90th of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.3
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta 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 $189,894 (Aug 2026), +5.9% over one year, +24.1% over five
- 32nd pct · 2,060th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 41st pct · 93rd of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks County, GA | $189,894 · +5.9% 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
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $1,039 a month on $189,894 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,900 a month: 26.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $189,894 × 80% = $151,916, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,039/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $900 × 52 / 12 = $3,900) = 27% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $189,894 / ($900 × 52) = 4.1
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 #
3,433 jobs at 312 employers (2026 Q1); +1.7% jobs and +1.6% average weekly wage over the year
- 27th pct · 2,326th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 32nd pct · 107th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- counties in the Valdosta metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Valdosta metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks County, GA | 3,433 jobs · $900/wk · +1.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other services | 605 | $665 | 5.90 | +24.5% |
| Health care and social assistance | 411 | $811 | 0.80 | -0.5% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 384 | $1,002 | 15.49 | +0.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 310 | $1,231 | 2.36 | -8.3% |
| Retail trade | 293 | $675 | 0.88 | -2.3% |
| Manufacturing | 238 | $1,073 | 0.86 | +0.0% |
| Construction | 113 | $1,118 | 0.63 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 113 | $887 | 0.58 | -28.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 96 | $374 | 0.31 | -20.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 79 | $916 | 0.33 | +17.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 69 | $1,530 | 0.49 | -4.2% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 14 | $875 | 0.25 | +40.0% |
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 #
D1 moderate 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 #
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 #
moderate (0.25)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$298.9 m in deposits at 5 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,367, highly concentrated. $121.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $117.1 m, grants $4.0 m), $35,302 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ameris Bank | $121.2 m · 40.5% share · 1 office | |
| The Citizens National Bank of Quitman | $119.0 m · 39.8% share · 1 office | |
| Colony Bank | $23.9 m · 8.0% share · 1 office | |
| Brooks, GA | $121.2 m FY2026 · $35,302/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameris Bank | $121,201,000 | 40.5% | 1 |
| The Citizens National Bank of Quitman | $118,963,000 | 39.8% | 1 |
| Colony Bank | $23,897,000 | 8.0% | 1 |
| Barwick Banking Company | $23,138,000 | 7.7% | 1 |
| Citizens Community Bank | $11,706,000 | 3.9% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,367 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 40.5² + 39.8² + 8.0² + … (2 more) = 3,367
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 | $81,570,563 |
| Department of Agriculture | $23,747,346 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $11,393,909 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,237,222 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,250,353 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $510,821 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $365,323 |
| Small Business Administration | -$10,218 |
That is $35,302 per covered job, against 3,433 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $121.2 m / 3,433 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $35,302
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 | 12.28 | 2026-10-04 | -0.1% |
| 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 | 2026-10-05 | +0.1% |
| 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 | -88,576.00 | 2026-07-01 | -24.4% |
| 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 #
Brooks County, GA: 4 findings, 4 noted
noteBrooks County, GA's covered employment was 1.7% 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
- +1.7 % = 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
noteBrooks County, GA's average weekly wage was 1.6% 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
- +1.6 % = 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
noteBrooks County, GA's typical home value rose 0.7% from $188,501 in July 2026 to $189,894 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.7% = (189894.49130579658 - 188500.82344179167) / 188500.82344179167 × 100
- 189894.49130579658 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 188500.82344179167 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Brooks County, GA is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
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