Chattahoochee County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.35, -84.79.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 12th pct · 2,692nd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 14th pct · 136th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 16th pct · 6th of 7 counties in the Columbus metro · median $185,617
- 87th pct · 389th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 82nd pct · 28th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- 83rd pct · 2nd of 7 counties in the Columbus metro · median +4.7%
- US counties: not published this period
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- counties in the Columbus metro: not published this period
- 18th pct · 2,634th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 22nd pct · 124th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 50th pct · 4th of 7 counties in the Columbus metro · median 2,245
- 73rd pct · 853rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 83rd pct · 26th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 83rd pct · 2nd of 7 counties in the Columbus metro · median $1,002
- 7th pct · 2,837th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 7th pct · 147th of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.3
- 16th pct · 6th of 7 counties in the Columbus metro · median 3.7
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 $140,613 (Aug 2026), +7.3% over one year, +17.6% over five
- 12th pct · 2,692nd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 14th pct · 136th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 16th pct · 6th of 7 counties in the Columbus metro · median $185,617
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee County, GA | $140,613 · +7.3% 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 Columbus metro: not published this period
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 $770 a month on $140,613 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,096 a month: 15.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $140,613 × 80% = $112,490, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $770/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,176 × 52 / 12 = $5,096) = 15% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $140,613 / ($1,176 × 52) = 2.3
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 #
2,245 jobs at 137 employers (2026 Q1); +10.2% jobs and +20.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 18th pct · 2,634th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 22nd pct · 124th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 50th pct · 4th of 7 counties in the Columbus metro · median 2,245
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee County, GA | 2,245 jobs · $1,176/wk · +10.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative and waste services | 655 | $1,402 | 5.13 | +98.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 630 | $1,405 | 4.07 | -1.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 90 | $752 | 0.95 | +4.7% |
| Retail trade | 86 | $568 | 0.39 | +7.5% |
| Educational services | 40 | $1,031 | 0.83 | -4.8% |
| Other services | 33 | $646 | 0.49 | +0.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 32 | $1,663 | 0.09 | -5.9% |
| Unclassified | 2 | $236 | 0.42 | -33.3% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld |
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 #
D0 abnormally dry
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 #
7 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 7, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WEST POINT LAKE NEAR WEST POINT, GA | 624.3 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 74 km |
| WALTER F. GEORGE RESERVOIR NEAR FORT GAINES, GA | 189.1 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 84 km |
| LAKE HORTON HEADWATER NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, GA | 775.1 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 113 km |
| LAKE MCINTOSH NEAR PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 778.1 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 114 km |
| LAKE PEACHTREE HEADWATER AT PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 784.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 117 km |
| LAKE KEDRON NEAR PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 833.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 121 km |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NEAR COLUMBIA, AL | 102.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 125 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 #
25 gauges · 0 flooding · 0 with quality panels · 9 stale
Sites found: 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OCHILLEE CREEK AT OCHILLEE, GA | flow 187.0 ft³/s · STALE | 7 km |
| UPATOI CREEK NEAR COLUMBUS, GA | flow 247.0 ft³/s | 8 km |
| PINE KNOT CREEK NEAR EELBEECK, GA | flow 61.3 ft³/s · STALE | 11 km |
| UPATOI CREEK AT GA 357, AT FORT BENNING, GA | flow 347.0 ft³/s · STALE | 16 km |
| UPATOI CREEK BELOW BAKER CREEK, NEAR UPATOI, GA | flow 43.2 ft³/s · STALE | 21 km |
| UCHEE CREEK NEAR FORT MITCHELL, AL. | flow 18.6 ft³/s | 22 km |
| RANDALL CREEK NEAR UPATOI, GA | flow 2.80 ft³/s · STALE | 22 km |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT US 280, NEAR COLUMBUS, GA | flow 1,990 ft³/s · STALE | 23 km |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT COLUMBUS, GA | flow 4.40 ft³/s · STALE | 23 km |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT 14TH ST, AT COLUMBUS, GA | flow 1,190 ft³/s | 24 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 #
12 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 12, 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-322036084590301 | depth 54.3 ft · 2026-10-05 | 19 km |
| USGS-320107084240801 | depth 35.6 ft · 1994-11-06 | 52 km |
| USGS-320048084240101 | depth 30.7 ft · 1994-11-06 | 52 km |
| USGS-320039084235601 | depth 20.1 ft · 1994-11-06 | 52 km |
| USGS-320003084240501 | depth 27.1 ft · 1995-03-01 | 53 km |
| USGS-315947084241201 | depth 25.4 ft · 1995-04-09 | 53 km |
| USGS-315943084241201 | depth 24.6 ft · 1995-04-09 | 53 km |
| USGS-315921084242501 | depth 39.5 ft · 1996-08-28 | 54 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 #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$46.1 m in deposits at 1 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $402.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $374.4 m, direct payments $22.0 m), $179,056 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Bank | $46.1 m · 100.0% share · 1 office | |
| Chattahoochee, GA | $402.0 m FY2026 · $179,056/job | |
| GEORGIA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY | $57.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Bank | $46,102,000 | 100.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 10,000 across 1 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 1 banks with deposits in the county = 100.0² = 10,000
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 |
|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $282,591,644 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $91,682,223 |
| Social Security Administration | $15,049,796 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $6,709,474 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,101,335 |
| Department of Education | $2,423,859 |
| General Services Administration | $157,697 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $144,438 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $75,000 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $38,438 |
| Department of Agriculture | $6,743 |
That is $179,056 per covered job, against 2,245 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $402.0 m / 2,245 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $179,056
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 | -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 #
Chattahoochee County, GA: 12 findings, 12 noted
noteChattahoochee County, GA's average weekly wage was 20.0% 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
- +20 % = 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
noteChattahoochee County, GA's covered employment was 10.2% 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
- +10.2 % = 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
noteChattahoochee County, GA's typical home value rose 1.2% from $138,973 in July 2026 to $140,613 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +1.2% = (140613.11859265657 - 138972.80382329263) / 138972.80382329263 × 100
- 140613.11859265657 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 138972.80382329263 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteChattahoochee County, GA's covered employment of +10.2% ranks 1st of 7 counties in the Columbus metro, against a median of -0.3%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 7 counties in the Columbus metro that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteChattahoochee County, GA's momentum index of 0.90 ranks 1st of 7 counties in the Columbus metro, against a median of 0.40.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 7 counties in the Columbus metro that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
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.