Augusta County, VA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 38.17, -79.14.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 81st pct · 555th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 65th pct · 46th of 133 Virginia counties · median $307,999
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 78th pct · 659th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 83rd pct · 23rd of 133 Virginia counties · median +2.9%
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 67th pct · 450th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 46th pct · 43rd of 79 Virginia counties · median $1,757
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 77th pct · 714th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 79th pct · 28th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 71st pct · 912th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 62nd pct · 50th of 133 Virginia counties · median $1,048
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 79th pct · 614th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 57th pct · 57th of 133 Virginia counties · median 5.4
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 $368,817 (Aug 2026), +5.8% over one year, +24.3% over five
- 81st pct · 555th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 65th pct · 46th of 133 Virginia counties · median $307,999
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta County, VA | $368,817 · +5.8% 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 $1,727/mo (Aug 2026), +3.2% over one year; price-to-rent 17.8
- 67th pct · 450th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
- 46th pct · 43rd of 79 Virginia counties · median $1,757
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta County, VA | $1,727/mo · +3.2% 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 $2,019 a month on $368,817 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,035 a month: 40.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $368,817 × 80% = $295,054, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,019/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,162 × 52 / 12 = $5,035) = 40% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $368,817 / ($1,162 × 52) = 6.1
- price-to-rent = $368,817 / ($1,727 × 12) = 17.8
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 #
30,769 jobs at 2,027 employers (2026 Q1); -2.1% jobs and +1.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 77th pct · 714th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 79th pct · 28th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta County, VA | 30,769 jobs · $1,162/wk · -2.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 6,670 | $1,465 | 2.69 | -1.1% |
| Health care and social assistance | 4,808 | $1,452 | 1.04 | +4.2% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 4,013 | $918 | 3.09 | -8.8% |
| Retail trade | 2,163 | $931 | 0.72 | +2.1% |
| Construction | 2,060 | $1,257 | 1.28 | -7.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,470 | $451 | 0.53 | -3.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 1,104 | $894 | 0.63 | -14.7% |
| Educational services | 779 | $770 | 1.18 | +5.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 451 | $1,007 | 0.21 | -3.8% |
| Other services | 403 | $867 | 0.44 | +5.8% |
| Finance and insurance | 325 | $1,670 | 0.26 | -1.8% |
| Real estate and rental | 218 | $1,097 | 0.46 | -1.8% |
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 #
3 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE NEAR ELK GARDEN, WV | 1,446 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 140 km |
| SAVAGE RIVER RESERVOIR NEAR BLOOMINGTON, MD | 1,442 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 149 km |
| DEEP CREEK LAKE NEAR THAYERVILLE, MD | 2,459 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 149 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 #
83 gauges · 0 flooding · 38 with quality panels averaging 99 % · 41 stale
Sites found: 83, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MIDDLE RIVER AT ROUTE 721 NEAR CHURCHVILLE, VA | turb. 6.00 FNU · quality 100 % (5) · STALE | 3 km |
| EIDSON CREEK AT GREY GABLES FARM NEAR SWOOPE, VA | stage 3.25 ft · quality 100 % (1) · STALE | 4 km |
| MIDDLE RIVER ABOVE ROUTE 250 NEAR CHURCHVILLE, VA | stage 2.06 ft · quality 100 % (5) · STALE | 4 km |
| BACK CREEK NEAR SWOOPE, VA | stage 3.69 ft · quality 100 % (1) · STALE | 8 km |
| CHRISTIANS CREEK NEAR FISHERSVILLE, VA | flow 17.0 ft³/s · STALE | 14 km |
| BUCKHORN CREEK ABOVE RT 250 NR LONE FOUNTAIN, VA | stage 1.23 ft · quality 90 % (5) · STALE | 15 km |
| BUCKHORN CREEK ABV TRIBUTARY NR LONE FOUNTAIN, VA | turb. 1.00 FNU · quality 90 % (5) · STALE | 16 km |
| SOUTH RIVER AT SUFFANGUS FARM NEAR GREENVILLE, VA | stage 2.02 ft · quality 100 % (1) · STALE | 18 km |
| PINE RUN NEAR GREENVILLE, VA | stage 2.44 ft · quality 100 % (1) · STALE | 18 km |
| RAMSEYS DRAFT AT ROUTE 629 NEAR WEST AUGUSTA, VA | turb. 0.70 FNU · quality 100 % (5) · STALE | 19 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 #
16 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 16, 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-382523078535501 | depth 21.9 ft · 2026-10-05 | 8 km |
| USGS-375540079123501 | depth 56.6 ft · 2026-10-05 | 28 km |
| USGS-381344079353701 | depth 165.7 ft · 2026-09-10 | 40 km |
| USGS-381344079353702 | depth 48.4 ft · 2026-09-10 | 40 km |
| USGS-382753078513301 | depth 20.6 ft · 2026-10-05 | 41 km |
| USGS-383152078570902 | level 1,513 ft · 1997-09-29 | 43 km |
| USGS-382150078424001 | depth 80.1 ft · 2026-10-05 | 43 km |
| USGS-383155078571201 | level 1,517 ft · 1997-09-29 | 43 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 + 0.2×0.01 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$427.6 m in deposits at 10 offices of 7 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,820, highly concentrated. $544.1 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $520.6 m, grants $16.9 m), $17,685 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Union Bank | $106.5 m · 24.9% share · 1 office | |
| United Bank | $92.4 m · 21.6% share · 2 offices | |
| City National Bank of West Virginia | $83.9 m · 19.6% share · 2 offices | |
| Augusta, VA | $544.1 m FY2026 · $17,685/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $501.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Union Bank | $106,547,000 | 24.9% | 1 |
| United Bank | $92,385,000 | 21.6% | 2 |
| City National Bank of West Virginia | $83,925,000 | 19.6% | 2 |
| Farmers & Merchants Bank | $56,075,000 | 13.1% | 2 |
| Truist Bank | $49,136,000 | 11.5% | 1 |
| Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company | $21,450,000 | 5.0% | 1 |
| Pendleton Community Bank, Inc. | $18,099,000 | 4.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,820 across 7 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 7 banks with deposits in the county = 24.9² + 21.6² + 19.6² + … (4 more) = 1,820
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 | $471,023,498 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $30,104,030 |
| Department of Transportation | $21,425,018 |
| Department of Agriculture | $12,300,249 |
| Department of Education | $4,021,047 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,798,754 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $1,716,046 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $891,138 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $48,259 |
| Department of the Interior | $34,875 |
| Department of Justice | $0 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $0 |
That is $17,685 per covered job, against 30,769 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $544.1 m / 30,769 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $17,685
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 | 12.28 | 2026-10-04 | -0.1% |
| 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 #
Augusta County, VA: 5 findings, 1 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchAugusta County, VA's covered employment is -2.1% 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 = -2.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteAugusta County, VA's covered employment was 2.1% 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
- -2.1 % = 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
noteAugusta County, VA's average weekly wage was 1.0% 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 % = 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 Augusta County, VA is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
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- 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
noteThe next Zillow ZORI typical rent (monthly) covering Augusta County, VA is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
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- 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
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