Butts County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 33.29, -83.96.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 64th pct · 1,090th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 67th pct · 53rd of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 17th pct · 24th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $342,031
- 25th pct · 2,297th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 24th pct · 120th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- 67th pct · 10th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median -0.4%
- 68th pct · 447th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 59th pct · 30th of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- 33rd pct · 17th of 25 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $1,809
- 50th pct · 1,580th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 58th pct · 66th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 14th pct · 25th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 31,378
- 35th pct · 2,060th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 51st pct · 78th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 10th pct · 26th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $1,138
- 72nd pct · 843rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 72nd pct · 44th of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.3
- 46th pct · 16th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 5.7
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 $279,897 (Aug 2026), +0.5% over one year, +25.4% over five
- 64th pct · 1,090th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 67th pct · 53rd of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 17th pct · 24th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $342,031
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Butts County, GA | $279,897 · +0.5% 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 $1,728/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 13.5
- 68th pct · 447th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 59th pct · 30th of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- 33rd pct · 17th of 25 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $1,809
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Butts County, GA | $1,728/mo · n/a 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 $1,532 a month on $279,897 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,229 a month: 36.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $279,897 × 80% = $223,918, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,532/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $976 × 52 / 12 = $4,229) = 36% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $279,897 / ($976 × 52) = 5.5
- price-to-rent = $279,897 / ($1,728 × 12) = 13.5
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 #
8,488 jobs at 589 employers (2026 Q1); -2.5% jobs and +2.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 50th pct · 1,580th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 58th pct · 66th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 14th pct · 25th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 31,378
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Butts County, GA | 8,488 jobs · $976/wk · -2.5% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 1,359 | $733 | 1.64 | -1.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,025 | $395 | 1.34 | +3.4% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 941 | $1,202 | 2.63 | -13.1% |
| Manufacturing | 854 | $920 | 1.25 | -27.0% |
| Construction | 481 | $1,280 | 1.08 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 416 | $1,000 | 1.64 | -3.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 196 | $790 | 0.33 | +0.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 102 | $1,268 | 0.29 | +14.6% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 46 | $646 | 0.33 | +17.9% |
| Information | 21 | $1,198 | 0.13 | +0.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 21 | $986 | 0.16 | -61.8% |
| Unclassified | 21 | $706 | 1.16 | +0.0% |
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 #
D2 severe 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 #
9 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LAKE HORTON HEADWATER NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, GA | 775.0 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 43 km |
| RANDY POYNTER LAKE AT SPILLWAY, NEAR MILSTEAD, GA | 731.7 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 49 km |
| LAKE PEACHTREE HEADWATER AT PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 784.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 58 km |
| LAKE MCINTOSH NEAR PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 778.1 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 59 km |
| LAKE KEDRON NEAR PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 833.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 59 km |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT MORGAN FALLS DAM, GA | 865.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 85 km |
| LAKE SIDNEY LANIER NEAR BUFORD, GA | 1,064 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 98 km |
| ALLATOONA LAKE NEAR CARTERSVILLE, GA | 835.9 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 120 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 #
107 gauges · 0 flooding · 37 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 11 stale
Sites found: 107, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ocmulgee River at Jackson Lake | no flooding | 11 km |
| OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR JACKSON, GA | flow 275.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 11 km |
| TOWALIGA RIVER AT GA 83 NEAR JULIETTE, GA | flow 72.3 ft³/s · no flooding | 21 km |
| SOUTH RIVER AT GA 81, AT SNAPPING SHOALS, GA | flow 276.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 22 km |
| YELLOW RIVER ROCKY PLAINS RD NR ROCKY PLAINS, GA | flow 296.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 24 km |
| CABIN CREEK AT NORTH SECOND STREET, NR GRIFFIN, GA | flow 1.69 ft³/s · no flooding | 26 km |
| ALCOVY RIVER BELOW COVINGTON, GA | flow 53.8 ft³/s · no flooding | 27 km |
| POTATO CREEK AT COUNTY LINE RD, NR ORCHARD HILL,GA | flow 1.08 ft³/s | 27 km |
| Potato Creek at County Line Road near Orchard Hill | no flooding | 28 km |
| EAST BEAR CREEK AT POPLAR ROAD, NR MANSFIELD, GA | flow 0.85 ft³/s · no flooding | 30 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 #
41 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 41, 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-330858084122901 | depth 11.4 ft · 2015-09-30 | 28 km |
| USGS-331507084171801 | depth 19.2 ft · 2026-10-05 | 30 km |
| USGS-333537084081701 | depth 14.8 ft · 2006-03-23 | 38 km |
| USGS-333823084033501 | depth 14.9 ft · 1983-07-12 | 40 km |
| USGS-333954084003301 | depth 58.1 ft · 2005-09-29 | 41 km |
| USGS-333858083430001 | depth 4.29 ft · 1994-07-23 | 46 km |
| USGS-334038084262001 | depth 19.8 ft · 1985-08-27 | 62 km |
| USGS-334207084254801 | depth 7.34 ft · 2026-10-05 | 63 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 (0.32)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$455.4 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,015, highly concentrated. $170.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $154.8 m, grants $13.7 m), $20,032 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ameris Bank | $240.1 m · 52.7% share · 1 office | |
| United Bank | $215.3 m · 47.3% share · 1 office | |
| Butts, GA | $170.0 m FY2026 · $20,032/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $151.7 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameris Bank | $240,062,000 | 52.7% | 1 |
| United Bank | $215,333,000 | 47.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,015 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 52.7² + 47.3² = 5,015
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 | $126,026,244 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $26,228,004 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $8,612,219 |
| Department of Transportation | $4,611,364 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,703,284 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,403,230 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $748,119 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $692,870 |
| Small Business Administration | $9,375 |
That is $20,032 per covered job, against 8,488 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $170.0 m / 8,488 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $20,032
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 | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| 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 | 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 #
Butts County, GA: 10 findings, 1 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchButts County, GA's covered employment is -2.5% 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 = -2.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteButts County, GA's average weekly wage was 2.8% 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
- +2.8 % = 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
noteButts County, GA's covered employment was 2.5% lower 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
- -2.5 % = 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
noteButts County, GA's typical asking rent rose 0.3% from $1,723 in July 2026 to $1,728 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.3% = (1727.5 - 1723.1617255096378) / 1723.1617255096378 × 100
- 1727.5 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1723.1617255096378 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
noteButts County, GA's covered employment of -2.5% ranks 27th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro, against a median of +0.1%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 7 on the 0-to-100 scale across 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 10 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.