Glynn County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.21, -81.50.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 80th pct · 584th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 84th pct · 26th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 28th pct · 2,192nd of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 27th pct · 116th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.5%
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 64th pct · 489th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 48th pct · 36th of 69 Georgia counties · median $1,701
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 82nd pct · 571st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 84th pct · 26th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 65th pct · 1,111th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 77th pct · 36th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 81st pct · 569th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 80th pct · 32nd of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.2
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 $358,085 (Sep 2026), +0.8% over one year, +26.8% over five
- 80th pct · 584th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 84th pct · 26th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Glynn County, GA | $358,085 · +0.8% 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 $1,676/mo (Sep 2026), +1.0% over one year; price-to-rent 17.8
- 64th pct · 489th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 48th pct · 36th of 69 Georgia counties · median $1,701
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Glynn County, GA | $1,676/mo · +1.0% 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 $1,983 a month on $358,085 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,840 a month: 41.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $358,085 × 80% = $286,468, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,983/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,117 × 52 / 12 = $4,840) = 41% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $358,085 / ($1,117 × 52) = 6.2
- price-to-rent = $358,085 / ($1,676 × 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 #
43,754 jobs at 3,348 employers (2026 Q1); +3.7% jobs and +4.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 82nd pct · 571st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 84th pct · 26th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 3 counties in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Glynn County, GA | 43,754 jobs · $1,117/wk · +3.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 7,265 | $657 | 1.85 | +0.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 6,954 | $1,265 | 1.06 | +6.5% |
| Retail trade | 5,104 | $705 | 1.20 | -1.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,275 | $1,080 | 1.23 | +26.8% |
| Manufacturing | 2,115 | $1,637 | 0.60 | -1.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 2,104 | $895 | 0.85 | -9.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 1,741 | $1,364 | 0.58 | +23.5% |
| Construction | 1,588 | $1,102 | 0.69 | +3.1% |
| Other services | 1,424 | $979 | 1.09 | +6.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 1,376 | $787 | 1.91 | +3.9% |
| Educational services | 1,217 | $412 | 1.29 | +12.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 811 | $2,168 | 0.45 | +9.9% |
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 #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 #
34 gauges · 1 flooding · 10 with quality panels averaging 78 % · 11 stale
Sites found: 34, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 33H354 | cond. 2,910 uS/cm · quality 0 % (1) | 5 km |
| NASSAU RIVER NEAR TISONIA, FL | flow 7,450 ft³/s · quality 67 % (3) · no flooding | 74 km |
| SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON, GA | flow 7,660 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) · MINOR flooding | 35 km |
| HUDSON CREEK AT MERIDIAN LANDING, NEAR MERIDIAN,GA | stage 2.00 ft · quality 80 % (5) · no flooding | 30 km |
| 34H560 | cond. 963.0 uS/cm · quality 50 % (1) · STALE | 4 km |
| CYPRESS MILL CREEK AT US 17, AT BRUNSWICK, GA | stage 2.74 ft · STALE | 4 km |
| 34H449 | cond. 594.0 uS/cm · quality 100 % (1) | 4 km |
| 34H552 | cond. 666.0 uS/cm · quality 100 % (1) | 4 km |
| 34H445 | cond. 465.0 uS/cm · quality 100 % (1) | 7 km |
| Brunswick River at Brunswick | out of service | 10 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 #
98 wells in 4 named aquifers: Floridan aquifer system, Other aquifers, Surficial aquifer system…
Sites found: 98, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Floridan aquifer system | depth 16.7 ft · 1988-02-22 | 3 km |
| 34H485 | depth 5.45 ft · 2000-12-12 | 4 km |
| Surficial aquifer system | depth 3.95 ft · 2011-02-21 | 4 km |
| 34H476 | depth 4.20 ft · 2000-12-12 | 4 km |
| 34H496 | depth 3.07 ft · 2000-08-31 | 4 km |
| Floridan aquifer system | depth 23.6 ft · 1986-07-24 | 4 km |
| Floridan aquifer system | depth 9.25 ft · 2026-10-18 | 4 km |
| Floridan aquifer system | depth 26.2 ft · 1988-02-22 | 5 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 (0.08)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.22 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$3.1 bn in deposits at 28 offices of 14 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,094, moderately concentrated. $1.2 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $626.2 m, contracts $544.7 m), $27,349 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ameris Bank | $553.5 m · 17.8% share · 3 offices | |
| Truist Bank | $449.9 m · 14.4% share · 2 offices | |
| PrimeSouth Bank | $383.8 m · 12.3% share · 4 offices | |
| Glynn, GA | $1.2 bn FY2026 · $27,349/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $604.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameris Bank | $553,472,000 | 17.8% | 3 |
| Truist Bank | $449,881,000 | 14.4% | 2 |
| PrimeSouth Bank | $383,758,000 | 12.3% | 4 |
| United Community Bank | $299,936,000 | 9.6% | 3 |
| Pinnacle Bank | $285,607,000 | 9.2% | 3 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $264,257,000 | 8.5% | 2 |
| Thomasville National Bank | $241,908,000 | 7.8% | 1 |
| South Coast Bank & Trust | $239,446,000 | 7.7% | 2 |
| Bank OZK | $184,792,000 | 5.9% | 2 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $94,025,000 | 3.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,094 across 14 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 14 banks with deposits in the county = 17.8² + 14.4² + 12.3² + … (11 more) = 1,094
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 | $511,877,477 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $287,244,952 |
| Department of Defense | $228,190,096 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $89,981,004 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $14,936,814 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $14,157,521 |
| Department of Labor | $11,849,477 |
| Department of Education | $9,719,279 |
| Department of Justice | $7,338,222 |
| Department of Transportation | $7,074,932 |
| Department of the Treasury | $6,364,930 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $3,164,925 |
That is $27,349 per covered job, against 43,754 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.2 bn / 43,754 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $27,349
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 | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| 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 · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +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 | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| 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 | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| 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 | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
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 #
Glynn County, GA: 7 findings, 7 noted
noteGlynn County, GA's average weekly wage was 4.3% 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
- +4.3 % = 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
noteGlynn County, GA's covered employment was 3.7% 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
- +3.7 % = 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
noteGlynn County, GA's typical asking rent fell 0.4% from $1,684 in August 2026 to $1,676 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -0.4% = (1676.0927297340343 - 1683.5749292240384) / 1683.5749292240384 × 100
- 1676.0927297340343 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 1683.5749292240384 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
noteGlynn County, GA's covered employment of +3.7% ranks 295th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of -0.2%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 91 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering Glynn County, GA is due between 2026-10-30 and 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-30 to 2026-11-13, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
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