Greene County, MS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.21, -88.63.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 22nd pct · 2,363rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 65th pct · 28th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $151,974
- 99th pct · 6th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 98th pct · 2nd of 80 Mississippi counties · median +1.3%
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
- 16th pct · 2,703rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 71st of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 9th pct · 2,911th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 25th pct · 61st of 82 Mississippi counties · median $903
- 41st pct · 1,804th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 74th pct · 21st 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 $168,097 (Aug 2026), +18.1% over one year, +31.4% over five
- 22nd pct · 2,363rd of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 65th pct · 28th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $151,974
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greene County, MS | $168,097 · +18.1% 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 $920 a month on $168,097 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,623 a month: 25.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $168,097 × 80% = $134,477, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $920/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $836 × 52 / 12 = $3,623) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $168,097 / ($836 × 52) = 3.9
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 #
1,985 jobs at 164 employers (2026 Q1); +0.9% jobs and -1.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 16th pct · 2,703rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 71st of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greene County, MS | 1,985 jobs · $836/wk · +0.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 241 | $443 | 1.25 | -1.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 104 | $268 | 0.58 | +70.5% |
| Other services | 80 | $976 | 1.35 | -26.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 59 | $1,743 | 0.71 | +40.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 21 | $973 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Information | 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 #
32 gauges · 0 flooding · 5 with quality panels averaging 98 % · 11 stale
Sites found: 32, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHICKASAWHAY RIVER AT LEAKESVILLE, MS | flow 427.0 ft³/s | 11 km |
| LEAF RIVER NR MCLAIN, MS | flow 933.0 ft³/s | 20 km |
| POND CREEK NEAR DEER PARK AL | flow 0.70 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| PASCAGOULA RIVER AT MERRILL, MS | flow 1,370 ft³/s | 28 km |
| LEAF RIVER NR NEW AUGUSTA, MS | flow 741.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 40 km |
| CYPRESS CREEK NR JANICE, MS | flow 17.7 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 42 km |
| BOGUE HOMO NR RICHTON, MS | flow 24,400 ft³/s · STALE | 42 km |
| ESCATAWPA RIVER NEAR WILMER, AL | flow 102.0 ft³/s | 44 km |
| TALLAHALA CREEK NR RUNNELSTOWN, MS | flow 114.0 ft³/s · STALE | 47 km |
| ESCATAWPA RIVER NEAR AGRICOLA MS | flow 386.0 ft³/s · STALE | 48 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 #
6 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 6, 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-311137089110501 | depth 132.1 ft · 1968-05-31 | 52 km |
| USGS-314115088392301 | depth 19.8 ft · 2026-10-05 | 53 km |
| USGS-312115089193601 | depth 35.4 ft · 1993-08-16 | 68 km |
| USGS-313928089103001 | depth 153.4 ft · 1994-09-29 | 71 km |
| USGS-314210089084401 | depth 193.0 ft · 1993-09-29 | 73 km |
| USGS-310935089252001 | depth 268.8 ft · 1993-09-29 | 75 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 (0.17)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.02 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$139.2 m in deposits at 3 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,109, highly concentrated. $69.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $68.5 m, loans $851,983), $34,881 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First State Bank | $79.9 m · 57.4% share · 2 offices | |
| Community Bank of Mississippi | $59.3 m · 42.6% share · 1 office | |
| Greene, MS | $69.2 m FY2026 · $34,881/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $66.1 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First State Bank | $79,882,000 | 57.4% | 2 |
| Community Bank of Mississippi | $59,329,000 | 42.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,109 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 = 57.4² + 42.6² = 5,109
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 | $59,146,148 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $6,591,130 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $1,826,424 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,191,560 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,098,999 |
| Department of Transportation | $468,703 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $244,445 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $100,000 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Department of the Treasury | -$133,101 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | -$1,295,497 |
That is $34,881 per covered job, against 1,985 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $69.2 m / 1,985 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $34,881
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 | -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 #
Greene County, MS: 11 findings, 4 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchGreene County, MS' typical home value is +18.1% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value at least 15 percent above a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; 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 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = 18.13167479206238 >= 15
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchGreene County, MS' average weekly wage is -1.9% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; 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.avgWeeklyWage = -1.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchGreene County, MS' typical home value of $168,097 scores 23 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 66 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 43 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 43 = |23 across US counties - 66 across Mississippi counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchGreene County, MS' years of wages of 3.9 scores 41 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 75 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 34 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 34 = |41 across US counties - 75 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
noteGreene County, MS' average weekly wage 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
Read all 11 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.