Dodge County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.16, -83.17.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 17th pct · 2,520th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 20th pct · 126th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 99th pct · 29th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 100th pct · 1st of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- 5th pct · 1,318th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 1st pct · 71st of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- 36th pct · 2,043rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 41st pct · 94th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 7th pct · 2,966th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 4th pct · 152nd of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 35th pct · 1,967th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 34th pct · 105th of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.3
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 $155,089 (Aug 2026), +13.9% over one year, +13.4% over five
- 17th pct · 2,520th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 20th pct · 126th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge County, GA | $155,089 · +13.9% 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 #
Typical rent $950/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 13.6
- 5th pct · 1,318th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 1st pct · 71st of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge County, GA | $950/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 $849 a month on $155,089 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,527 a month: 24.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $155,089 × 80% = $124,071, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $849/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $814 × 52 / 12 = $3,527) = 24% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $155,089 / ($814 × 52) = 3.7
- price-to-rent = $155,089 / ($950 × 12) = 13.6
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 #
4,881 jobs at 384 employers (2026 Q1); -2.0% jobs and -1.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 36th pct · 2,043rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 41st pct · 94th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge County, GA | 4,881 jobs · $814/wk · -2.0% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 730 | $593 | 1.53 | -0.7% |
| Manufacturing | 587 | $1,111 | 1.49 | +4.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 200 | $747 | 0.72 | -10.3% |
| Other services | 91 | $668 | 0.62 | +0.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 70 | $668 | 0.37 | -5.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 70 | $904 | 0.35 | -47.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 15 | $653 | 0.20 | +66.7% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | 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 #
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 #
$331.5 m in deposits at 4 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,718, highly concentrated. $121.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $117.6 m, grants $3.8 m), $24,942 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Great Oaks Bank | $162.9 m · 49.1% share · 2 offices | |
| Magnolia State Bank | $91.8 m · 27.7% share · 1 office | |
| Colony Bank | $76.8 m · 23.2% share · 1 office | |
| Dodge, GA | $121.7 m FY2026 · $24,942/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Oaks Bank | $162,879,000 | 49.1% | 2 |
| Magnolia State Bank | $91,801,000 | 27.7% | 1 |
| Colony Bank | $76,776,000 | 23.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,718 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 49.1² + 27.7² + 23.2² = 3,718
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 #
That is $24,942 per covered job, against 4,881 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $121.7 m / 4,881 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $24,942
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 #
Dodge County, GA: 14 findings, 2 at a watch level and 12 noted
watchDodge County, GA's covered employment is -2.0% 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 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchDodge County, GA's average weekly wage is -1.0% 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 = -1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteDodge County, GA's covered employment was 2.0% 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 % = 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
noteDodge County, GA's average weekly wage was 1.0% 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
- -1 % = 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
noteDodge County, GA's typical home value rose 0.6% from $154,184 in July 2026 to $155,089 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.6% = (155088.92552804202 - 154184.28470538426) / 154184.28470538426 × 100
- 155088.92552804202 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 154184.28470538426 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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