Jasper County, SC
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.43, -81.02.
Assembled 2026-10-07. Read the brief.
- 85th pct · 454th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 95th pct · 3rd of 46 South Carolina counties · median $218,959
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 5th pct · 2,908th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 4th pct · 44th of 46 South Carolina counties · median +1.2%
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 69th pct · 432nd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 73rd pct · 8th of 27 South Carolina counties · median $1,528
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 57th pct · 1,377th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 42nd pct · 27th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 18,411
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 60th pct · 1,279th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 60th pct · 19th of 46 South Carolina counties · median $1,061
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 87th pct · 373rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 91st pct · 5th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 4.1
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal 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 $394,098 (Aug 2026), -4.3% over one year, +22.2% over five
- 85th pct · 454th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 95th pct · 3rd of 46 South Carolina counties · median $218,959
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jasper County, SC | $394,098 · -4.3% 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 #
Typical rent $1,740/mo (Aug 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 18.9
- 69th pct · 432nd of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 73rd pct · 8th of 27 South Carolina counties · median $1,528
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jasper County, SC | $1,740/mo · n/a 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 $2,157 a month on $394,098 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,719 a month: 45.7% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $394,098 × 80% = $315,279, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,157/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,089 × 52 / 12 = $4,719) = 46% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $394,098 / ($1,089 × 52) = 7.0
- price-to-rent = $394,098 / ($1,740 × 12) = 18.9
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 #
11,170 jobs at 966 employers (2026 Q1); +1.2% jobs and +4.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 57th pct · 1,377th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 42nd pct · 27th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 18,411
- counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jasper County, SC | 11,170 jobs · $1,089/wk · +1.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 2,061 | $824 | 1.23 | -1.7% |
| Retail trade | 1,820 | $978 | 1.67 | +0.2% |
| Construction | 1,472 | $1,377 | 2.51 | -2.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 1,035 | $925 | 1.63 | -3.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 764 | $503 | 0.76 | +11.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 436 | $1,323 | 0.57 | +15.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 402 | $1,521 | 0.94 | -6.5% |
| Educational services | 214 | $795 | 0.89 | -1.8% |
| Real estate and rental | 191 | $1,345 | 1.12 | +14.4% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 179 | $893 | 0.97 | +5.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 173 | $996 | 0.37 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | 159 | $2,687 | 3.60 | +0.0% |
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 #
5 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LAKE MOULTRIE NEAR PINOPOLIS, SC | 72.7 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 132 km |
| LAKE MARION NEAR ELLOREE, SC | 72.9 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 134 km |
| LAKE MARION NEAR PINEVILLE, SC | 72.8 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 139 km |
| LK MOULTRIE AT REDIVERSION NR RUSSELLVILLE, SC | 71.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 144 km |
| BUTLER CREEK RESERVOIR AT FORT GORDON, GA | 27.4 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 150 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 #
56 gauges · 0 flooding · 21 with quality panels averaging 71 % · 13 stale
Sites found: 56, 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-320846080501709 | temp 21.0 °C · quality 50 % (2) | 36 km |
| USGS-321603080432202 | temp 21.3 °C · quality 50 % (2) · STALE | 33 km |
| SAVANNAH RIVER AT FORT PULASKI, GA | flow 196,000 ft³/s · quality 50 % (2) | 45 km |
| COLLETON RIVER AT BLUFFTON, SC | stage -4.25 ft · quality 25 % (2) · STALE | 25 km |
| BACK RIVER 0.4 MI DOWNSTREAM US17, NR SAVANNAH, GA | turb. 9.40 FNU · quality 70 % (5) | 37 km |
| MIDDLE RIVER AT FISH HOLE AT PORT WENTWORTH, GA | flow 19,800 ft³/s · quality 50 % (5) | 34 km |
| SAVANNAH RIVER AT ELBA ISLAND, NEAR SAVANNAH, GA | stage 0.95 ft · quality 70 % (5) | 36 km |
| MIDDLE RIVER AT GA 25 AT PORT WENTWORTH, GA | flow 13,000 ft³/s · quality 60 % (5) | 31 km |
| LITTLE BACK RIVER AT HOG ISLAND, NEAR SAVANNAH, GA | turb. 23.9 FNU · quality 70 % (5) | 34 km |
| SAVANNAH RIVER AT GA 25, AT PORT WENTWORTH, GA | flow 50,900 ft³/s · quality 50 % (5) | 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 #
77 wells in 4 named aquifers: Surficial aquifer system, Floridan aquifer system, Other aquifers…
Sites found: 77, 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-323704080594509 | depth 63.6 ft · 2026-10-06 | 21 km |
| USGS-321943081151401 | depth 44.9 ft · 2026-10-06 | 25 km |
| USGS-321551080491003 | depth 28.3 ft · 2001-10-17 | 27 km |
| USGS-322745080435800 | depth 9.27 ft · 1996-09-29 | 27 km |
| USGS-322234081190003 | depth 24.9 ft · 2026-10-06 | 28 km |
| USGS-322236081191001 | depth 39.0 ft · 2026-10-06 | 29 km |
| USGS-321603080432203 | depth 11.4 ft · 1994-09-11 | 33 km |
| USGS-321603080432204 | depth 8.75 ft · 1994-09-29 | 33 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 (0.27)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 + 0.2×0.29 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$428.2 m in deposits at 4 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,538, highly concentrated. $174.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (grants $158.2 m, contracts $15.8 m), $15,590 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SouthState Bank, National Association | $304.3 m · 71.1% share · 2 offices | |
| Bank of the Lowcountry | $87.2 m · 20.4% share · 1 office | |
| Regions Bank | $36.7 m · 8.6% share · 1 office | |
| Jasper, SC | $174.1 m FY2026 · $15,590/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $333.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| SouthState Bank, National Association | $304,286,000 | 71.1% | 2 |
| Bank of the Lowcountry | $87,245,000 | 20.4% | 1 |
| Regions Bank | $36,696,000 | 8.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,538 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 = 71.1² + 20.4² + 8.6² = 5,538
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 | $296,138,425 |
| Department of Transportation | $149,030,239 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $35,197,636 |
| Department of Defense | $12,843,127 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $9,360,509 |
| Department of the Interior | $2,698,815 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,661,315 |
| Department of Agriculture | $828,782 |
| Department of Justice | $100,000 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | $0 |
That is $15,590 per covered job, against 11,170 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $174.1 m / 11,170 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $15,590
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 | 3.00 | 2026-10-06 | -50.0% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| 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 #
Jasper County, SC: 12 findings, 1 at a watch level and 11 noted
watchJasper County, SC's typical home value is -4.3% 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 = -4.317491352162455 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
noteJasper County, SC's average weekly wage was 4.5% 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
- +4.5 % = 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
noteJasper County, SC's covered employment was 1.2% 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
- +1.2 % = 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
noteJasper County, SC's typical home value fell 0.4% from $395,696 in July 2026 to $394,098 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.4% = (394098.3007893564 - 395696.35682496807) / 395696.35682496807 × 100
- 394098.3007893564 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 395696.35682496807 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteJasper County, SC's typical asking rent fell 0.4% from $1,746 in July 2026 to $1,740 in August 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.4% = (1740.0347222222224 - 1746.4567199739201) / 1746.4567199739201 × 100
- 1740.0347222222224 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
- 1746.4567199739201 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-07
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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