Edgecombe County, NC
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 35.92, -77.60.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 11th pct · 2,716th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 8th pct · 92nd of 100 North Carolina counties · median $273,108
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 11th pct · 2,712th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 9th pct · 91st of 100 North Carolina counties · median +1.1%
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 11th pct · 1,245th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 3rd pct · 61st of 63 North Carolina counties · median $1,573
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 64th pct · 1,129th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 46th pct · 54th of 100 North Carolina counties · median 16,739
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 34th pct · 2,119th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 42nd pct · 58th of 100 North Carolina counties · median $984
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 14th pct · 2,619th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 6th pct · 94th of 100 North Carolina counties · median 5.0
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
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 $137,194 (Aug 2026), -1.7% over one year, +28.3% over five
- 11th pct · 2,716th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 8th pct · 92nd of 100 North Carolina counties · median $273,108
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Edgecombe County, NC | $137,194 · -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 #
Typical rent $1,044/mo (Aug 2026), +7.6% over one year; price-to-rent 11.0
- 11th pct · 1,245th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 3rd pct · 61st of 63 North Carolina counties · median $1,573
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Edgecombe County, NC | $1,044/mo · +7.6% 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 $751 a month on $137,194 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,195 a month: 17.9% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $137,194 × 80% = $109,755, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $751/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $968 × 52 / 12 = $4,195) = 18% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $137,194 / ($968 × 52) = 2.7
- price-to-rent = $137,194 / ($1,044 × 12) = 11.0
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 #
15,187 jobs at 893 employers (2026 Q1); +2.1% jobs and +1.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 64th pct · 1,129th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 46th pct · 54th of 100 North Carolina counties · median 16,739
- counties in the Rocky Mount metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Rocky Mount metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Edgecombe County, NC | 15,187 jobs · $968/wk · +2.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 3,009 | $1,210 | 2.46 | -7.0% |
| Retail trade | 1,429 | $607 | 0.97 | +4.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 929 | $345 | 0.68 | +6.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 919 | $997 | 1.44 | +124.7% |
| Wholesale trade | 703 | $1,588 | 1.21 | +15.2% |
| Administrative and waste services | 510 | $694 | 0.59 | -7.3% |
| Construction | 363 | $964 | 0.46 | -11.0% |
| Other services | 260 | $737 | 0.57 | +5.7% |
| Finance and insurance | 167 | $1,945 | 0.27 | -0.6% |
| Utilities | 98 | $2,147 | 1.63 | -1.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 76 | $336 | 0.30 | +43.4% |
| Real estate and rental | 59 | $958 | 0.25 | -3.3% |
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 #
7 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 7, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FALLS LAKE ABOVE DAM NR FALLS, NC | 246.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 88 km |
| BEAVERDAM CREEK AT DAM NEAR CREEDMOOR, NC | 248.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 98 km |
| LAKE MATTAMUSKEET W OF NC HWY 94 NR FAIRFIELD, NC | 1.91 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 130 km |
| B. EVERETT JORDAN LAKE AT DAM NR MONCURE, NC | 213.8 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 135 km |
| LAKE MATTAMUSKEET E OF NC HWY 94 NR FAIRFIELD, NC | 1.83 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 136 km |
| AFTERBAY RESERVOIR AT DAM NR MCGEHEES MILL, NC | 364.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 142 km |
| HYCO LAKE AT DAM NR ROXBORO, NC | 7.99 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 145 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 #
89 gauges · 0 flooding · 3 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 37 stale
Sites found: 89, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TAR RIVER AT TARBORO, NC | flow 100.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 7 km |
| SWIFT CREEK AT NC 97 NEAR LEGGETT, NC | stage 7.47 ft · STALE | 7 km |
| FISHING CREEK AT NC 97 NEAR LEGGETT, NC | stage 1.19 ft · STALE | 12 km |
| Deep Creek at Dickens Rd | no flooding | 15 km |
| TAR RIVER AT NC 97 AT ROCKY MOUNT, NC | flow 49.5 ft³/s · no flooding | 17 km |
| CONETOE CREEK AT CONETOE, NC | flow 7.60 ft³/s · STALE | 19 km |
| PETE MITCHELL SWAMP AT SR1409 NEAR PENNY HILL, NC | flow 0.03 ft³/s · STALE | 19 km |
| CONETOE CREEK NEAR BETHEL, NC | flow 3.30 ft³/s · STALE | 20 km |
| TAR RIVER AT US 301 BYPASS AT ROCKY MOUNT, NC | stage 8.19 ft · no flooding · STALE | 21 km |
| STONY CREEK NEAR ROCKY MOUNT, NC | stage 3.37 ft · no flooding · STALE | 23 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-353027077340102 | depth 2.49 ft · 2006-09-29 | 46 km |
| USGS-361420077111407 | depth 8.32 ft · 2009-10-01 | 52 km |
| USGS-353219077153801 | depth 7.95 ft · 2026-10-05 | 52 km |
| USGS-351937077284211 | depth 10.5 ft · 2009-12-09 | 67 km |
| USGS-355457078232701 | depth 10.7 ft · 2026-10-05 | 71 km |
| USGS-354818078234101 | depth 21.6 ft · 2026-10-05 | 72 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 #
$366.6 m in deposits at 7 offices of 6 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,172, highly concentrated. $363.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $349.5 m, grants $13.3 m), $23,908 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Providence Bank | $104.0 m · 28.4% share · 1 office | |
| Southern Bank and Trust Company | $96.5 m · 26.3% share · 2 offices | |
| Truist Bank | $62.7 m · 17.1% share · 1 office | |
| Edgecombe, NC | $363.1 m FY2026 · $23,908/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $325.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Bank | $104,050,000 | 28.4% | 1 |
| Southern Bank and Trust Company | $96,529,000 | 26.3% | 2 |
| Truist Bank | $62,745,000 | 17.1% | 1 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $53,212,000 | 14.5% | 1 |
| Tarboro Savings Bank, SSB | $47,758,000 | 13.0% | 1 |
| Woodforest National Bank | $2,336,000 | 0.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,172 across 6 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 6 banks with deposits in the county = 28.4² + 26.3² + 17.1² + … (3 more) = 2,172
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 | $280,814,194 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $44,405,971 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $13,732,436 |
| Department of Agriculture | $11,522,881 |
| Department of Transportation | $6,811,616 |
| Department of Education | $5,102,267 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $416,645 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $394,326 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $249,615 |
| Department of Defense | $42,042 |
| Department of the Interior | $24,000 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $23,908 per covered job, against 15,187 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $363.1 m / 15,187 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $23,908
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 #
Edgecombe County, NC: 12 findings, 2 at a watch level and 10 noted
watchEdgecombe County, NC's typical home value is -1.7% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; 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 = -1.688884572716914 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchEdgecombe County, NC's typical asking rent rose 3.0% from $1,013 in July 2026 to $1,044 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +3.0% = (1044.0297619047617 - 1013.1503564064807) / 1013.1503564064807 × 100
- 1044.0297619047617 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1013.1503564064807 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
noteEdgecombe County, NC's covered employment was 2.1% 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
- +2.1 % = 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
noteEdgecombe County, NC's average weekly wage was 1.9% 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
- +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
noteEdgecombe County, NC's typical asking rent of $1,044 ranks 61st of 63 North Carolina counties, against a median of $1,573.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 3 on the 0-to-100 scale across 63 North Carolina counties that published rent.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 12 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.