Pierce County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.35, -82.21.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 40th pct · 1,809th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 84th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
- 83rd pct · 516th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 79th pct · 34th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.6%
- US counties: not published this period
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- 34th pct · 2,101st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 39th pct · 97th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 20th pct · 2,552nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 30th pct · 111th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 53rd pct · 1,410th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 57th pct · 68th 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 $211,260 (Aug 2026), +6.5% over one year, +36.5% over five
- 40th pct · 1,809th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 47th pct · 84th of 159 Georgia counties · median $219,820
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pierce County, GA | $211,260 · +6.5% 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 #
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
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 $1,156 a month on $211,260 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,935 a month: 29.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $211,260 × 80% = $169,008, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,156/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $908 × 52 / 12 = $3,935) = 29% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $211,260 / ($908 × 52) = 4.5
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 #
4,601 jobs at 456 employers (2026 Q1); -0.1% jobs and +0.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 34th pct · 2,101st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 39th pct · 97th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pierce County, GA | 4,601 jobs · $908/wk · -0.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 643 | $739 | 1.43 | -2.1% |
| Construction | 492 | $1,042 | 2.04 | +2.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 439 | $1,067 | 2.49 | -4.8% |
| Accommodation and food services | 409 | $372 | 0.99 | -1.9% |
| Manufacturing | 390 | $1,100 | 1.05 | +1.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 269 | $1,258 | 1.39 | +0.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 261 | $903 | 0.38 | -1.5% |
| Professional and technical services | 123 | $947 | 0.39 | -4.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 93 | $1,577 | 0.50 | +4.5% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 53 | $485 | 0.70 | +6.0% |
| Educational services | 50 | $406 | 0.51 | +4.2% |
| Real estate and rental | 21 | $610 | 0.30 | -8.7% |
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 #
21 gauges · 0 flooding · 7 with quality panels averaging 79 % · 6 stale
Sites found: 21, 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-311014081310802 | cond. 2,860 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) | 69 km |
| ALABAHA RIVER AT GA 203, NEAR BLACKSHEAR, GA | flow 1,240 ft³/s | 8 km |
| SATILLA RIVER NEAR WAYCROSS, GA | flow 530.0 ft³/s | 17 km |
| LITTLE SATILLA RIVER NEAR OFFERMAN, GA | flow 2,710 ft³/s | 18 km |
| SATILLA RIVER AT GA 158, NEAR WAYCROSS, GA | flow 486.0 ft³/s | 34 km |
| SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON, GA | flow 716.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 36 km |
| PENHOLOWAY CREEK NEAR JESUP, GA | flow 72.0 ft³/s · STALE | 43 km |
| ALTAMAHA RIVER AT DOCTORTOWN, GA | flow 2,790 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 49 km |
| ALTAMAHA RIVER NEAR EVERETT CITY, GA | flow 5,880 ft³/s | 58 km |
| SATILLA RIVER AT US 17, AT WOODBINE, GA | flow 24,900 ft³/s | 62 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 #
78 wells in 4 named aquifers: Floridan aquifer system, Other aquifers, Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system…
Sites found: 78, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Floridan aquifer system | depth 109.5 ft · 2026-10-05 | 27 km |
| USGS-312714081524801 | depth 27.5 ft · 1987-01-20 | 33 km |
| USGS-313055081521901 | depth 26.3 ft · 1987-01-19 | 37 km |
| USGS-313457081544701 | depth 74.8 ft · 1977-01-06 | 38 km |
| USGS-313701081543501 | depth 94.2 ft · 2026-09-21 | 41 km |
| USGS-313253081433502 | depth 65.2 ft · 2026-09-21 | 51 km |
| USGS-313253081433503 | depth 56.9 ft · 2026-09-21 | 51 km |
| USGS-313253081433504 | depth 44.1 ft · 2026-09-21 | 51 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 (0.24)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.21 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$359.6 m in deposits at 4 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,542, highly concentrated. $131.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $130.3 m, grants $555,311), $28,462 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PrimeSouth Bank | $257.8 m · 71.7% share · 1 office | |
| First Southern Bank | $52.7 m · 14.7% share · 2 offices | |
| Renasant Bank | $49.1 m · 13.6% share · 1 office | |
| Pierce, GA | $131.0 m FY2026 · $28,462/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $123.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| PrimeSouth Bank | $257,844,000 | 71.7% | 1 |
| First Southern Bank | $52,696,000 | 14.7% | 2 |
| Renasant Bank | $49,062,000 | 13.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,542 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 = 71.7² + 14.7² + 13.6² = 5,542
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 | $92,706,087 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $18,732,621 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $12,523,072 |
| Department of Agriculture | $5,999,758 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $399,500 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $275,943 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $159,014 |
| Department of Transportation | $155,811 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $0 |
That is $28,462 per covered job, against 4,601 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $131.0 m / 4,601 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $28,462
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 #
Pierce County, GA: 4 findings, 1 at a watch level and 3 noted
watchPierce County, GA's covered employment is -0.1% 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 = -0.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
notePierce County, GA's average weekly wage was 0.9% 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
- +0.9 % = 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
notePierce County, GA's covered employment was 0.1% 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
- -0.1 % = 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
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Pierce County, GA is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
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