Nottoway County, VA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 37.14, -78.05.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 36th pct · 1,936th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 21st pct · 104th of 133 Virginia counties · median $307,999
- 95th pct · 136th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 96th pct · 6th of 133 Virginia counties · median +2.9%
- US counties: not published this period
- Virginia counties: not published this period
- 38th pct · 1,978th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 36th pct · 85th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- 57th pct · 1,360th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 52nd pct · 64th of 133 Virginia counties · median $1,048
- 33rd pct · 2,045th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 19th pct · 107th of 133 Virginia counties · median 5.4
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 $199,604 (Aug 2026), +9.8% over one year, +43.3% over five
- 36th pct · 1,936th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 21st pct · 104th of 133 Virginia counties · median $307,999
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nottoway County, VA | $199,604 · +9.8% 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 #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Virginia 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 $1,093 a month on $199,604 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,663 a month: 23.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $199,604 × 80% = $159,683, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $1,093/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,076 × 52 / 12 = $4,663) = 23% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $199,604 / ($1,076 × 52) = 3.6
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 #
5,304 jobs at 498 employers (2026 Q1); -1.4% jobs and +4.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 38th pct · 1,978th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 36th pct · 85th of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nottoway County, VA | 5,304 jobs · $1,076/wk · -1.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 527 | $608 | 1.02 | -14.4% |
| Professional and technical services | 262 | $1,709 | 0.72 | -7.1% |
| Manufacturing | 248 | $1,094 | 0.58 | +4.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 145 | $1,252 | 0.71 | +6.6% |
| Construction | 98 | $1,263 | 0.35 | -3.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 89 | $973 | 0.41 | -3.3% |
| Other services | 75 | $770 | 0.47 | -1.3% |
| Real estate and rental | 23 | $609 | 0.28 | +0.0% |
| Unclassified | 18 | $1,135 | 1.59 | +63.6% |
| Information | 12 | $895 | 0.12 | -25.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | 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 #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
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 #
4 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AFTERBAY RESERVOIR AT DAM NR MCGEHEES MILL, NC | 364.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 109 km |
| HYCO LAKE AT DAM NR ROXBORO, NC | 8.00 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 113 km |
| BEAVERDAM CREEK AT DAM NEAR CREEDMOOR, NC | 248.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 137 km |
| FALLS LAKE ABOVE DAM NR FALLS, NC | 246.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 142 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 #
62 gauges · 0 flooding · 4 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 2 stale
Sites found: 62, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake Dam near Nottoway Court House | no readings | 4 km |
| Little Nottoway River at Rt 49 near Crewe | no readings | 7 km |
| Deep Creek at Rt 611 near Denaro | no readings | 7 km |
| Nottoway River at Nottoway Falls Reservoir | no readings | 14 km |
| West Creek near Denaro | no readings | 15 km |
| DEEP CREEK NEAR MANNBORO, VA | flow 23.6 ft³/s | 23 km |
| Appomattox River at Namozine Creek at Rt 625 near Hebron | no readings | 24 km |
| NOTTOWAY RIVER NEAR RAWLINGS, VA | flow 112.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 29 km |
| APPOMATTOX RIVER AT ROUTE 602 NEAR MANNBORO, VA | flow 148.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 30 km |
| NORTH MEHERRIN RIVER NEAR LUNENBURG, VA | flow 6.44 ft³/s · no flooding | 31 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 #
12 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 12, 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-371122078114401 | depth 19.4 ft · 2026-10-05 | 14 km |
| USGS-373146078161201 | depth 35.3 ft · 2026-10-05 | 47 km |
| USGS-364218078015701 | depth 26.0 ft · 2026-10-05 | 49 km |
| USGS-371644077244601 | depth 16.0 ft · 2026-10-05 | 59 km |
| USGS-372519077264703 | depth 13.8 ft · 1995-09-29 | 62 km |
| USGS-372519077264704 | depth 0.93 ft · 1991-01-22 | 62 km |
| USGS-372519077264701 | depth 10.2 ft · 1991-01-22 | 62 km |
| USGS-372519077264702 | depth 12.5 ft · 1995-07-08 | 62 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 (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$308.6 m in deposits at 7 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 6,005, highly concentrated. $143.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $100.3 m, contracts $39.1 m), $27,107 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Citizens Bank and Trust Company | $223.5 m · 72.4% share · 5 offices | |
| Benchmark Community Bank | $85.1 m · 27.6% share · 2 offices | |
| Nottoway, VA | $143.8 m FY2026 · $27,107/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $98.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Bank and Trust Company | $223,454,000 | 72.4% | 5 |
| Benchmark Community Bank | $85,124,000 | 27.6% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 6,005 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 72.4² + 27.6² = 6,005
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 | $79,607,478 |
| Department of State | $33,082,423 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $15,086,158 |
| Department of Defense | $7,684,784 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $5,090,447 |
| Department of Agriculture | $1,337,598 |
| Department of Transportation | $1,132,317 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $585,111 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $126,624 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $43,701 |
| Department of Energy | $0 |
That is $27,107 per covered job, against 5,304 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $143.8 m / 5,304 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $27,107
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 #
Nottoway County, VA: 7 findings, 1 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchNottoway County, VA's covered employment is -1.4% 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 = -1.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteNottoway County, VA's average weekly wage was 4.1% 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
- +4.1 % = 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
noteNottoway County, VA's covered employment was 1.4% 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
- -1.4 % = 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
noteNottoway County, VA's typical home value fell 0.9% from $201,415 in July 2026 to $199,604 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- -0.9% = (199603.7330177717 - 201415.30737493382) / 201415.30737493382 × 100
- 199603.7330177717 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 201415.30737493382 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteNottoway County, VA's typical home value of +9.8% ranks 6th of 133 Virginia counties, against a median of +2.9%.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 96 on the 0-to-100 scale across 133 Virginia counties that published home.yoyPct
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 7 findings in the full brief
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