Alcorn County, MS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.89, -88.58.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 29th pct · 2,157th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 73rd pct · 22nd of 80 Mississippi counties · median $151,974
- 87th pct · 387th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 86th pct · 12th of 80 Mississippi counties · median +1.3%
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
- 61st pct · 1,235th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 76th pct · 20th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 24th pct · 2,427th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 59th pct · 33rd of 82 Mississippi counties · median $903
- 39th pct · 1,868th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 70th pct · 24th of 80 Mississippi counties · median 3.3
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 $182,623 (Aug 2026), +7.3% over one year, +16.2% over five
- 29th pct · 2,157th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 73rd pct · 22nd of 80 Mississippi counties · median $151,974
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alcorn County, MS | $182,623 · +7.3% 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 #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi 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 $1,000 a month on $182,623 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,017 a month: 24.9% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $182,623 × 80% = $146,099, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,000/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $927 × 52 / 12 = $4,017) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $182,623 / ($927 × 52) = 3.8
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 #
13,145 jobs at 835 employers (2026 Q1); -1.2% jobs and +1.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 61st pct · 1,235th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 76th pct · 20th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alcorn County, MS | 13,145 jobs · $927/wk · -1.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,720 | $1,234 | 2.57 | -1.1% |
| Retail trade | 2,063 | $642 | 1.61 | -3.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 1,352 | $790 | 1.81 | +2.6% |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,308 | $1,101 | 0.66 | -2.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,173 | $369 | 0.99 | -2.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 473 | $1,116 | 0.85 | -5.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 460 | $1,055 | 0.91 | -1.9% |
| Construction | 456 | $1,360 | 0.66 | +12.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 298 | $1,397 | 0.56 | +5.3% |
| Other services | 226 | $785 | 0.58 | -4.6% |
| Real estate and rental | 210 | $649 | 1.04 | +3.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 180 | $1,014 | 0.20 | -3.2% |
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 #
D2 severe 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 #
30 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 11 stale
Sites found: 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tuscumbia River at Corinth | observation not current | 5 km |
| USGS-07029270 | flow 36.3 ft³/s | 20 km |
| USGS-03592718 | flow 1,500 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| USGS-343916088435600 | turb. 0.60 FNU · quality 100 % (5) · STALE | 29 km |
| USGS-02429900 | flow 5.60 ft³/s · STALE | 32 km |
| Tennessee River at Pickwick Dam Tailwater | no readings | 36 km |
| USGS-02429980 | flow 3.00 ft³/s · STALE | 40 km |
| USGS-02429955 | flow 101.0 ft³/s · STALE | 42 km |
| USGS-02429949 | flow 147.0 ft³/s · STALE | 42 km |
| USGS-03593800 | flow 41.9 ft³/s · no flooding | 47 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 #
16 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 16, 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-345456088313001 | depth 185.4 ft · 1989-05-23 | 6 km |
| USGS-344045088325501 | depth 201.7 ft · 1989-02-15 | 23 km |
| USGS-344638088200104 | depth 56.9 ft · 1985-09-29 | 26 km |
| USGS-344634088173203 | depth 57.3 ft · 1985-09-29 | 29 km |
| USGS-344017088180403 | depth 12.3 ft · 1985-09-29 | 35 km |
| USGS-344053088161202 | depth 102.1 ft · 1990-07-24 | 36 km |
| USGS-344053088161203 | depth 72.6 ft · 1990-07-24 | 36 km |
| USGS-344834088111601 | depth 44.3 ft · 1965-10-25 | 37 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 (0.32)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$884.3 m in deposits at 16 offices of 10 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,600, moderately concentrated. $262.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $253.8 m, grants $7.4 m), $19,965 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | $216.5 m · 24.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Commerce Bank | $149.0 m · 16.8% share · 1 office | |
| Trustmark Bank | $147.7 m · 16.7% share · 2 offices | |
| Alcorn, MS | $262.4 m FY2026 · $19,965/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $227.7 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | $216,538,000 | 24.5% | 2 |
| Commerce Bank | $148,976,000 | 16.8% | 1 |
| Trustmark Bank | $147,694,000 | 16.7% | 2 |
| Regions Bank | $124,932,000 | 14.1% | 1 |
| Renasant Bank | $103,484,000 | 11.7% | 2 |
| Farmers and Merchants Bank | $66,186,000 | 7.5% | 3 |
| CB&S Bank, Inc. | $57,742,000 | 6.5% | 2 |
| Home Banking Company | $13,233,000 | 1.5% | 1 |
| Woodforest National Bank | $3,618,000 | 0.4% | 1 |
| Guaranty Bank and Trust Company | $1,906,000 | 0.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,600 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 = 24.5² + 16.8² + 16.7² + … (7 more) = 1,600
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 | $205,245,642 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $24,164,581 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $22,195,017 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $3,704,220 |
| Department of Agriculture | $3,067,592 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,474,927 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,455,793 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $885,170 |
| Department of Education | $167,160 |
| Department of the Treasury | $68,500 |
| Department of the Interior | $7,737 |
That is $19,965 per covered job, against 13,145 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $262.4 m / 13,145 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $19,965
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 #
Alcorn County, MS: 8 findings, 4 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchAlcorn County, MS' covered employment is -1.2% 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 = -1.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchAlcorn County, MS' typical home value of $182,623 scores 30 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 73 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 44 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 44 = |30 across US counties - 73 across Mississippi counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchAlcorn County, MS' average weekly wage of $927 scores 25 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 60 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 35 points.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 35 = |25 across US counties - 60 across Mississippi counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchAlcorn County, MS' years of wages of 3.8 scores 39 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 71 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |39 across US counties - 71 across Mississippi counties|
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteAlcorn County, MS' covered employment was 1.2% 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
- -1.2 % = 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
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.