Jackson County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.13, -83.56.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 86th pct · 416th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 91st pct · 15th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 18th pct · 2,487th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 17th pct · 131st of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- 85th pct · 200th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 84th pct · 12th of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- 81st pct · 583rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 82nd pct · 28th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 55th pct · 1,438th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 68th pct · 51st of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 90th pct · 304th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 89th pct · 17th 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 $402,061 (Aug 2026), -0.3% over one year, +27.1% over five
- 86th pct · 416th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 91st pct · 15th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson County, GA | $402,061 · -0.3% 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 #
Typical rent $2,062/mo (Aug 2026), +2.1% over one year; price-to-rent 16.3
- 85th pct · 200th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 84th pct · 12th of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson County, GA | $2,062/mo · +2.1% 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 $2,201 a month on $402,061 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,606 a month: 47.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $402,061 × 80% = $321,649, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,201/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,063 × 52 / 12 = $4,606) = 48% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $402,061 / ($1,063 × 52) = 7.3
- price-to-rent = $402,061 / ($2,062 × 12) = 16.3
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 #
42,053 jobs at 2,380 employers (2026 Q1); -6.9% jobs and +5.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 81st pct · 583rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 82nd pct · 28th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson County, GA | 42,053 jobs · $1,063/wk · -6.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 9,355 | $1,319 | 2.77 | +0.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 7,066 | $862 | 3.99 | -43.9% |
| Retail trade | 5,345 | $853 | 1.30 | +5.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 2,242 | $429 | 0.59 | +4.3% |
| Construction | 1,800 | $1,644 | 0.82 | +2.9% |
| Administrative and waste services | 1,622 | $678 | 0.68 | +41.4% |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,527 | $903 | 0.24 | +4.0% |
| Real estate and rental | 1,460 | $1,100 | 2.26 | -4.8% |
| Other services | 792 | $1,106 | 0.63 | +2.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 374 | $1,607 | 0.22 | +23.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 244 | $940 | 0.80 | +0.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 170 | $463 | 0.25 | +6.9% |
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 #
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 #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$1.9 bn in deposits at 14 offices of 10 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,795, moderately concentrated. $501.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $498.1 m, grants $3.3 m), $11,934 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Century Bank, National Association | $653.0 m · 34.0% share · 1 office | |
| SouthState Bank, National Association | $283.2 m · 14.8% share · 3 offices | |
| United Community Bank | $207.0 m · 10.8% share · 1 office | |
| Jackson, GA | $501.9 m FY2026 · $11,934/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $495.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Century Bank, National Association | $653,016,000 | 34.0% | 1 |
| SouthState Bank, National Association | $283,195,000 | 14.8% | 3 |
| United Community Bank | $207,021,000 | 10.8% | 1 |
| United Bank | $196,075,000 | 10.2% | 1 |
| Bank OZK | $159,478,000 | 8.3% | 1 |
| Regions Bank | $150,223,000 | 7.8% | 2 |
| Northeast Georgia Bank | $107,082,000 | 5.6% | 2 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $97,602,000 | 5.1% | 1 |
| Vallant Bank | $59,140,000 | 3.1% | 1 |
| Exchange Bank | $5,175,000 | 0.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,795 across 10 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 10 banks with deposits in the county = 34.0² + 14.8² + 10.8² + … (7 more) = 1,795
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 | $407,976,811 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $83,930,208 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $3,544,896 |
| Department of Transportation | $2,438,537 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,912,924 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,070,639 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $883,542 |
| Department of the Interior | $40,627 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $39,911 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $20,000 |
| Department of Justice | $15,000 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $11,934 per covered job, against 42,053 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $501.9 m / 42,053 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $11,934
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 #
Jackson County, GA: 12 findings, 1 at an alert level, 3 at a watch level and 8 noted
alertJackson County, GA's covered employment is -6.9% 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 = -6.9 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchJackson County, GA's covered employment is -6.9% 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 = -6.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchJackson County, GA's typical home value is -0.3% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -0.2688941731420267 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchJackson County, GA's years of wages of 7.3 ranks 304th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages percentile = 90.10450685826258 >= 90
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
noteJackson County, GA's covered employment was 6.9% 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
- -6.9 % = 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
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.