Meriwether County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 33.03, -84.67.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 43rd pct · 1,720th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 49th pct · 81st of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 0th pct · 29th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $342,031
- 56th pct · 1,341st of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 59th pct · 65th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- 92nd pct · 3rd of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median -0.4%
- 22nd pct · 1,084th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 9th pct · 65th of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- 0th pct · 25th of 25 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $1,809
- 37th pct · 1,999th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 43rd pct · 91st of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 10th pct · 26th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 31,378
- 40th pct · 1,898th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 56th pct · 69th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 17th pct · 24th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $1,138
- 48th pct · 1,583rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 47th pct · 84th of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.3
- 14th pct · 25th 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 $219,204 (Aug 2026), +3.5% over one year, +30.4% over five
- 43rd pct · 1,720th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 49th pct · 81st of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 0th pct · 29th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $342,031
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meriwether County, GA | $219,204 · +3.5% 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 $1,200/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 15.2
- 22nd pct · 1,084th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 9th pct · 65th of 72 Georgia counties · median $1,651
- 0th pct · 25th of 25 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $1,809
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meriwether County, GA | $1,200/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 $1,200 a month on $219,204 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,329 a month: 27.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $219,204 × 80% = $175,364, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,200/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $999 × 52 / 12 = $4,329) = 28% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $219,204 / ($999 × 52) = 4.2
- price-to-rent = $219,204 / ($1,200 × 12) = 15.2
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 #
5,146 jobs at 444 employers (2026 Q1); +2.7% jobs and +3.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 37th pct · 1,999th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 43rd pct · 91st of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 10th pct · 26th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 31,378
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meriwether County, GA | 5,146 jobs · $999/wk · +2.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,177 | $1,212 | 2.84 | +9.8% |
| Construction | 620 | $1,292 | 2.30 | -11.6% |
| Retail trade | 427 | $511 | 0.85 | -7.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 297 | $610 | 1.02 | +16.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 256 | $346 | 0.55 | -4.5% |
| Other services | 245 | $701 | 1.59 | +19.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 70 | $1,202 | 0.33 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 58 | $1,179 | 0.27 | +9.4% |
| Unclassified | 23 | $898 | 2.10 | +9.5% |
| Real estate and rental | 15 | $938 | 0.19 | +0.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 13 | $614 | 0.15 | +44.4% |
| Information | 10 | $1,186 | 0.11 | -23.1% |
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 #
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 MCINTOSH NEAR PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 778.1 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 37 km |
| LAKE HORTON HEADWATER NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, GA | 775.1 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 40 km |
| LAKE PEACHTREE HEADWATER AT PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 784.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 40 km |
| LAKE KEDRON NEAR PEACHTREE CITY, GA | 833.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 45 km |
| WEST POINT LAKE NEAR WEST POINT, GA | 624.3 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 50 km |
| RANDY POYNTER LAKE AT SPILLWAY, NEAR MILSTEAD, GA | 731.7 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 103 km |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER AT MORGAN FALLS DAM, GA | 865.2 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 108 km |
| ALLATOONA LAKE NEAR CARTERSVILLE, GA | 835.9 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 126 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 #
47 gauges · 0 flooding · 8 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 12 stale
Sites found: 47, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FLINT RIVER BELOW BIG BRANCH, NEAR MOLENA, GA | flow 82.6 ft³/s | 13 km |
| FLINT RIVER NEAR THOMASTON, GA | flow 111.0 ft³/s | 31 km |
| YELLOWJACKET CREEK-HAMMETT RD, BLW HOGANSVILLE, GA | flow 0.58 ft³/s | 31 km |
| FLINT RIVER NEAR GRIFFIN, GA | flow 99.9 ft³/s | 33 km |
| LINE CREEK NEAR SENOIA, GA | flow 51.5 ft³/s | 35 km |
| WHITEWATER CR DS STARRS MILL DAM FAYETTEVILLE,GA | flow 4.38 ft³/s · STALE | 36 km |
| LINE CREEK BLW LAKE MCINTOSH, NR PEACHTREE CITY,GA | flow 5.26 ft³/s · quality 100 % (5) | 37 km |
| NEW RIVER AT GA 100, NEAR CORINTH, GA | flow 20.8 ft³/s | 38 km |
| SHOAL CREEK AT SHOAL CREEK ROAD, NEAR GRIFFIN, GA | flow 3.54 ft³/s | 38 km |
| LAKE HORTON TAILRACE NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, GA | flow 2.62 ft³/s | 40 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 #
4 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 4, 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-331507084171801 | depth 19.2 ft · 2026-10-05 | 44 km |
| USGS-330858084122901 | depth 11.4 ft · 2015-09-30 | 45 km |
| USGS-333346084400101 | depth 3.79 ft · 1986-08-28 | 59 km |
| USGS-333347084400101 | depth 1.43 ft · 1986-11-26 | 59 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 (0.16)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$319.2 m in deposits at 4 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,818, highly concentrated. $147.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $149.8 m, loans $51,948), $28,683 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Peoples Bank | $109.2 m · 34.2% share · 1 office | |
| Colony Bank | $98.1 m · 30.7% share · 1 office | |
| F & M Bank and Trust Company | $77.2 m · 24.2% share · 1 office | |
| Meriwether, GA | $147.6 m FY2026 · $28,683/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $147.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Peoples Bank | $109,220,000 | 34.2% | 1 |
| Colony Bank | $98,121,000 | 30.7% | 1 |
| F & M Bank and Trust Company | $77,238,000 | 24.2% | 1 |
| United Bank | $34,664,000 | 10.9% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,818 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 34.2² + 30.7² + 24.2² + … (1 more) = 2,818
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 | $126,646,245 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $16,616,295 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $4,237,556 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,495,047 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,855,545 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $867,152 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $515,866 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Department of the Interior | -$178,816 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | -$6,452,126 |
That is $28,683 per covered job, against 5,146 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $147.6 m / 5,146 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $28,683
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 #
Meriwether County, GA: 10 findings, 10 noted
noteMeriwether County, GA's average weekly wage was 3.3% 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
- +3.3 % = 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
noteMeriwether County, GA's covered employment 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
noteMeriwether County, GA's typical home value rose 1.4% from $216,101 in July 2026 to $219,204 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +1.4% = (219204.43466669813 - 216100.9186957518) / 216100.9186957518 × 100
- 219204.43466669813 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 216100.9186957518 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Meriwether County, GA could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.
Show the arithmetic
- not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct
the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries
noteMeriwether County, GA's typical home value of $219,204 ranks 29th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro, against a median of $342,031.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro that published home.latest
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.