Allendale County, SC
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.98, -81.36.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 0th pct · 3,040th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 0th pct · 46th of 46 South Carolina counties · median $218,959
- 5th pct · 2,897th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 8th pct · 42nd of 46 South Carolina counties · median +1.2%
- US counties: not published this period
- South Carolina counties: not published this period
- 20th pct · 2,562nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 2nd pct · 45th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 18,411
- 72nd pct · 890th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 71st pct · 14th of 46 South Carolina counties · median $1,061
- 0th pct · 3,051st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 0th pct · 46th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 4.1
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 $75,620 (Aug 2026), -4.1% over one year, -5.8% over five
- 0th pct · 3,040th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 0th pct · 46th of 46 South Carolina counties · median $218,959
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Allendale County, SC | $75,620 · -4.1% 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
- South Carolina 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 $414 a month on $75,620 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,057 a month: 8.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $75,620 × 80% = $60,496, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $414/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,167 × 52 / 12 = $5,057) = 8% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $75,620 / ($1,167 × 52) = 1.2
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 #
2,502 jobs at 177 employers (2026 Q1); -1.1% jobs and +8.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 20th pct · 2,562nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 2nd pct · 45th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 18,411
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Allendale County, SC | 2,502 jobs · $1,167/wk · -1.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 890 | $1,467 | 4.42 | +8.0% |
| Retail trade | 122 | $443 | 0.50 | -2.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 67 | $1,220 | 0.70 | +6.3% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld | |||
| Management of companies | withheld | |||
| Administrative and waste services | 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 #
11 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 11, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BUTLER CREEK RESERVOIR AT FORT GORDON, GA | 27.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 85 km |
| SAVANNAH RVR AT STEVENS CREEK DAM NR MORGANA, SC | 186.0 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 91 km |
| LAKE MARION NEAR ELLOREE, SC | 71.8 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 102 km |
| LAKE MURRAY NEAR COLUMBIA, SC | 355.4 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 120 km |
| LAKE MARION NEAR PINEVILLE, SC | 72.9 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 123 km |
| LAKE MOULTRIE NEAR PINOPOLIS, SC | 72.8 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 131 km |
| THURMOND LAKE NEAR PLUM BRANCH, SC | 320.0 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 132 km |
| LK MOULTRIE AT REDIVERSION NR RUSSELLVILLE, SC | 71.9 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 135 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 #
87 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 52 stale
Sites found: 87, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SAVANNAH R AT BURTONS FERRY BR NR MILLHAVEN, GA | flow 4,760 ft³/s | 14 km |
| LOWER THREE RUNS NEAR SNELLING, SC | flow 23.0 ft³/s · STALE | 24 km |
| COOSAWHATCHIE RIVER NEAR HAMPTON, SC | flow 150.0 ft³/s | 27 km |
| BRIER CREEK AT MILLHAVEN, GA | flow 246.0 ft³/s | 27 km |
| SALKEHATCHIE RIVER NEAR MILEY, SC | flow 127.0 ft³/s | 29 km |
| SALKEHATCHIE R AT SC HWY 64 NR BARNWELL, SC | stage 6.17 ft | 29 km |
| MEYERS BRANCH ON SRS RD 9 AT SRS | flow 12.0 ft³/s · STALE | 30 km |
| STEEL CREEK AT ROAD A AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SC | flow 10.0 ft³/s · STALE | 31 km |
| SAVANNAH RIVER NEAR ESTILL, SC | flow 7,120 ft³/s · STALE | 31 km |
| LOWER THREE RUNS BL PAR POND AT SAV RIVER SITE, SC | flow 5.90 ft³/s · STALE | 32 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 #
69 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 69, 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-330130081230301 | depth 90.0 ft · 1995-01-06 | 5 km |
| USGS-330130081230401 | depth 80.1 ft · 1995-04-17 | 5 km |
| USGS-331037081184301 | depth 17.3 ft · 2001-09-29 | 23 km |
| USGS-331043081185601 | depth 15.7 ft · 2000-08-10 | 23 km |
| USGS-331043081185401 | depth 42.6 ft · 2000-08-10 | 23 km |
| USGS-331044081185401 | depth 47.8 ft · 2000-08-10 | 23 km |
| USGS-331039081184201 | depth 36.1 ft · 2000-08-10 | 23 km |
| USGS-331044081185501 | depth 43.4 ft · 2001-09-29 | 23 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 #
$117.1 m in deposits at 3 offices of 1 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 10,000, highly concentrated. $64.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $57.3 m, grants $7.4 m), $25,887 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Palmetto State Bank | $117.1 m · 100.0% share · 3 offices | |
| Allendale, SC | $64.8 m FY2026 · $25,887/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $50.6 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto State Bank | $117,098,000 | 100.0% | 3 |
Deposit concentration is 10,000 across 1 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 1 banks with deposits in the county = 100.0² = 10,000
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 | $43,777,748 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $6,702,765 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $3,996,796 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $3,905,220 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,287,519 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,879,528 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $124,653 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $92,998 |
| Small Business Administration | $2,081 |
| Department of Education | $0 |
That is $25,887 per covered job, against 2,502 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $64.8 m / 2,502 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $25,887
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 #
Allendale County, SC: 14 findings, 3 at a watch level and 11 noted
watchAllendale County, SC's typical home value is -4.1% 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 = -4.110944582155807 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
watchAllendale County, SC's covered employment is -1.1% 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 = -1.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchAllendale County, SC's typical home value is -2.0% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical home value at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; 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.momPct = -1.9797444021019936 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteAllendale County, SC's average weekly wage was 8.5% 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
- +8.5 % = 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
noteAllendale County, SC's typical home value fell 2.0% from $77,147 in July 2026 to $75,620 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -2.0% = (75619.89929353238 - 77147.21700353739) / 77147.21700353739 × 100
- 75619.89929353238 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 77147.21700353739 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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