Long County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.75, -81.74.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 64th pct · 1,073rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 67th pct · 52nd of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
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- 44th pct · 1,694th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 48th pct · 82nd of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 73rd pct · 367th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 70th pct · 22nd of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 10th pct · 2,896th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 10th pct · 143rd of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 8th pct · 2,941st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 5th pct · 150th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 84th pct · 470th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 82nd pct · 28th of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.3
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville 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 $281,938 (Aug 2026), +2.5% over one year, +38.4% over five
- 64th pct · 1,073rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 67th pct · 52nd of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Long County, GA | $281,938 · +2.5% 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 $1,804/mo (Aug 2026), +4.4% over one year; price-to-rent 13.0
- 73rd pct · 367th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 70th pct · 22nd of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Long County, GA | $1,804/mo · +4.4% 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 $1,543 a month on $281,938 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,579 a month: 43.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $281,938 × 80% = $225,551, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,543/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $826 × 52 / 12 = $3,579) = 43% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $281,938 / ($826 × 52) = 6.6
- price-to-rent = $281,938 / ($1,804 × 12) = 13.0
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 #
1,373 jobs at 161 employers (2026 Q1); -1.9% jobs and +2.7% average weekly wage over the year
- 10th pct · 2,896th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 10th pct · 143rd of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- counties in the Hinesville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hinesville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Long County, GA | 1,373 jobs · $826/wk · -1.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 92 | $511 | 0.69 | -13.2% |
| Construction | 91 | $714 | 1.26 | +2.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 70 | $369 | 0.57 | +14.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 37 | $590 | 0.47 | +27.6% |
| Real estate and rental | 17 | $896 | 0.81 | +41.7% |
| Other services | 16 | $633 | 0.39 | +6.7% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 15 | $956 | 0.26 | -28.6% |
| Professional and technical services | 9 | $1,446 | 0.10 | -57.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 8 | $932 | 0.14 | -61.9% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | 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 #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
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 #
35 gauges · 0 flooding · 16 with quality panels averaging 75 % · 9 stale
Sites found: 35, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 33H354 | cond. 2,860 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) | 68 km |
| BACK RIVER 0.4 MI DOWNSTREAM US17, NR SAVANNAH, GA | turb. 6.00 FNU · quality 70 % (5) | 73 km |
| MIDDLE RIVER AT GA 25 AT PORT WENTWORTH, GA | flow 3,360 ft³/s · quality 70 % (5) | 73 km |
| SAVANNAH RIVER AT GARDEN CITY, GA | stage -2.04 ft · quality 50 % (5) | 71 km |
| MIDDLE RIVER AT FISH HOLE AT PORT WENTWORTH, GA | flow -2,710 ft³/s · quality 80 % (5) | 72 km |
| HUDSON CREEK AT MERIDIAN LANDING, NEAR MERIDIAN,GA | stage -1.88 ft · quality 60 % (5) | 49 km |
| SAVANNAH RIVER AT USACE DOCK, AT SAVANNAH, GA | flow 7,780 ft³/s · quality 70 % (5) | 72 km |
| ALTAMAHA RIVER AT DOCTORTOWN, GA | flow 2,790 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 13 km |
| PEACOCK CREEK AT ATLANTIC RR LINE NR MCINTOSH, GA | flow 4.34 ft³/s · STALE | 21 km |
| PENHOLOWAY CREEK NEAR JESUP, GA | flow 72.0 ft³/s · STALE | 22 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 #
122 wells in 4 named aquifers: Floridan aquifer system, Other aquifers, Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system…
Sites found: 122, 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-313845081361701 | depth 58.8 ft · 2026-09-21 | 18 km |
| USGS-313701081543501 | depth 94.2 ft · 2026-09-21 | 22 km |
| USGS-313253081433502 | depth 65.2 ft · 2026-09-21 | 22 km |
| USGS-313253081433503 | depth 56.9 ft · 2026-09-21 | 22 km |
| USGS-313253081433504 | depth 44.1 ft · 2026-09-21 | 22 km |
| USGS-313253081433501 | depth -47.6 ft · 2026-09-21 | 22 km |
| USGS-313457081544701 | depth 74.8 ft · 1977-01-06 | 25 km |
| USGS-313055081521901 | depth 26.3 ft · 1987-01-19 | 29 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 (0.25)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.25 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$89.0 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,396, highly concentrated. $165.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $149.8 m, contracts $11.0 m), $120,248 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Glennville Bank | $57.0 m · 64.1% share · 1 office | |
| Renasant Bank | $32.0 m · 35.9% share · 1 office | |
| Long, GA | $165.1 m FY2026 · $120,248/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $149.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glennville Bank | $57,036,000 | 64.1% | 1 |
| Renasant Bank | $31,979,000 | 35.9% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,396 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 = 64.1² + 35.9² = 5,396
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 Veterans Affairs | $105,970,762 |
| Social Security Administration | $54,481,614 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,141,846 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,652,006 |
| Department of Education | $328,591 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $283,848 |
| Department of Agriculture | $236,609 |
| Department of Defense | $4,632 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $120,248 per covered job, against 1,373 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $165.1 m / 1,373 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $120,248
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 #
Long County, GA: 8 findings, 1 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchLong County, GA's covered employment is -1.9% 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 = -1.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteLong County, GA's average weekly wage was 2.7% 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
- +2.7 % = 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
noteLong County, GA's covered employment was 1.9% 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
- -1.9 % = 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
noteLong County, GA's typical asking rent rose 1.1% from $1,784 in July 2026 to $1,804 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +1.1% = (1803.7698412698412 - 1784.3392893436592) / 1784.3392893436592 × 100
- 1803.7698412698412 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1784.3392893436592 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
noteLong County, GA's average weekly wage of $826 ranks 150th of 159 Georgia counties, against a median of $964.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 6 on the 0-to-100 scale across 159 Georgia counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 8 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.