Tippah County, MS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.76, -88.92.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 16th pct · 2,567th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 48th pct · 42nd of 80 Mississippi counties · median $151,974
- 36th pct · 1,958th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 54th pct · 37th of 80 Mississippi counties · median +1.3%
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
- 46th pct · 1,737th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 56th pct · 36th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 19th pct · 2,592nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 49th pct · 42nd of 82 Mississippi counties · median $903
- 25th pct · 2,293rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 48th pct · 42nd 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 $150,801 (Aug 2026), +1.7% over one year, -1.1% over five
- 16th pct · 2,567th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 48th pct · 42nd of 80 Mississippi counties · median $151,974
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tippah County, MS | $150,801 · +1.7% 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 $825 a month on $150,801 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,909 a month: 21.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $150,801 × 80% = $120,641, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $825/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $902 × 52 / 12 = $3,909) = 21% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $150,801 / ($902 × 52) = 3.2
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 #
7,047 jobs at 395 employers (2026 Q1); -2.4% jobs and +10.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 46th pct · 1,737th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 56th pct · 36th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tippah County, MS | 7,047 jobs · $902/wk · -2.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,137 | $999 | 3.77 | +0.0% |
| Retail trade | 736 | $596 | 1.07 | +7.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 403 | $855 | 1.01 | +15.1% |
| Construction | 323 | $998 | 0.87 | +3.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 298 | $1,035 | 1.00 | -39.8% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 257 | $1,161 | 10.24 | +5.8% |
| Finance and insurance | 127 | $1,023 | 0.44 | +3.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 62 | $7,025 | 0.23 | -38.6% |
| Utilities | 49 | $1,804 | 1.76 | -2.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 41 | $595 | 0.81 | -8.9% |
| Information | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
29 gauges · 0 flooding · 3 with quality panels averaging 97 % · 12 stale
Sites found: 29, 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-343916088435600 | turb. 0.60 FNU · quality 100 % (5) · STALE | 21 km |
| USGS-07029270 | flow 37.2 ft³/s | 23 km |
| Tuscumbia River at Corinth | observation not current | 35 km |
| USGS-07268000 | flow 20.4 ft³/s · no flooding | 42 km |
| USGS-07030392 | flow 94.4 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 42 km |
| USGS-02429900 | flow 5.60 ft³/s · STALE | 46 km |
| USGS-02430680 | flow 1.73 ft³/s | 47 km |
| USGS-02429955 | flow 101.0 ft³/s · STALE | 53 km |
| USGS-02429949 | flow 147.0 ft³/s · STALE | 54 km |
| USGS-07029500 | flow 255.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 57 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 #
19 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 19, 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-344045088325501 | depth 201.7 ft · 1989-02-15 | 35 km |
| USGS-345456088313001 | depth 185.4 ft · 1989-05-23 | 40 km |
| USGS-344638088200104 | depth 56.9 ft · 1985-09-29 | 53 km |
| USGS-344634088173203 | depth 57.3 ft · 1985-09-29 | 57 km |
| USGS-344017088180403 | depth 12.3 ft · 1985-09-29 | 57 km |
| USGS-343152088213003 | depth 72.3 ft · 2022-02-26 | 57 km |
| USGS-343152088213002 | depth 154.0 ft · 1985-09-29 | 57 km |
| USGS-343201088204703 | depth 27.6 ft · 1985-09-29 | 58 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 + 0.2×0.03 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$654.6 m in deposits at 9 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 6,579, highly concentrated. $128.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $127.0 m, grants $1.2 m), $18,193 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Peoples Bank | $522.6 m · 79.8% share · 6 offices | |
| CB&S Bank, Inc. | $73.7 m · 11.3% share · 2 offices | |
| Regions Bank | $58.3 m · 8.9% share · 1 office | |
| Tippah, MS | $128.2 m FY2026 · $18,193/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $122.7 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Peoples Bank | $522,614,000 | 79.8% | 6 |
| CB&S Bank, Inc. | $73,681,000 | 11.3% | 2 |
| Regions Bank | $58,337,000 | 8.9% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 6,579 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 = 79.8² + 11.3² + 8.9² = 6,579
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 | $112,177,030 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $10,117,376 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,983,766 |
| Department of Education | $1,856,196 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,112,970 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $320,012 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $313,208 |
| Department of Justice | $182,865 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $95,206 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $75,000 |
| Department of the Interior | $0 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $18,193 per covered job, against 7,047 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $128.2 m / 7,047 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $18,193
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 #
Tippah County, MS: 5 findings, 2 at a watch level and 3 noted
watchTippah County, MS' covered employment is -2.4% 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 = -2.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchTippah County, MS' typical home value of $150,801 scores 16 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 48 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |16 across US counties - 48 across Mississippi counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteTippah County, MS' average weekly wage was 10.9% 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
- +10.9 % = 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
noteTippah County, MS' covered employment was 2.4% 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
- -2.4 % = 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 Tippah County, MS 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
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.