Meriwether County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 33.03, -84.67.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 44th pct · 1,712th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 50th pct · 80th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
- 0th pct · 29th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $340,765
- 68th pct · 967th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 71st pct · 46th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.5%
- 100th pct · 1st of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median -0.4%
- US counties: not published this period
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro: not published this period
- 37th pct · 1,999th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 43rd pct · 91st of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 10th pct · 26th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 31,378
- 40th pct · 1,898th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 56th pct · 69th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 17th pct · 24th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $1,138
- 48th pct · 1,573rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 48th pct · 82nd of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.2
- 14th pct · 25th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 5.6
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 $215,610 (Sep 2026), +4.4% over one year, +32.1% over five
- 44th pct · 1,712th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 50th pct · 80th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
- 0th pct · 29th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median $340,765
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meriwether County, GA | $215,610 · +4.4% 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
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro: 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 $1,194 a month on $215,610 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,329 a month: 27.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $215,610 × 80% = $172,488, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,194/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $999 × 52 / 12 = $4,329) = 28% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $215,610 / ($999 × 52) = 4.2
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 #
5,146 jobs at 444 employers (2026 Q1); +2.7% jobs and +3.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 37th pct · 1,999th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 43rd pct · 91st of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 10th pct · 26th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro · median 31,378
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meriwether County, GA | 5,146 jobs · $999/wk · +2.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,177 | $1,212 | 2.84 | +9.8% |
| Construction | 620 | $1,292 | 2.30 | -11.6% |
| Retail trade | 427 | $511 | 0.85 | -7.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 297 | $610 | 1.02 | +16.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 256 | $346 | 0.55 | -4.5% |
| Other services | 245 | $701 | 1.59 | +19.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 70 | $1,202 | 0.33 | +0.0% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 58 | $1,179 | 0.27 | +9.4% |
| Unclassified | 23 | $898 | 2.10 | +9.5% |
| Real estate and rental | 15 | $938 | 0.19 | +0.0% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 13 | $614 | 0.15 | +44.4% |
| Information | 10 | $1,186 | 0.11 | -23.1% |
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
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 #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, 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.
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 (0.25)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.25 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$319.2 m in deposits at 4 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,818, highly concentrated. $147.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $149.8 m, loans $51,948), $28,683 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First Peoples Bank | $109.2 m · 34.2% share · 1 office | |
| Colony Bank | $98.1 m · 30.7% share · 1 office | |
| F & M Bank and Trust Company | $77.2 m · 24.2% share · 1 office | |
| Meriwether, GA | $147.6 m FY2026 · $28,683/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $147.5 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Peoples Bank | $109,220,000 | 34.2% | 1 |
| Colony Bank | $98,121,000 | 30.7% | 1 |
| F & M Bank and Trust Company | $77,238,000 | 24.2% | 1 |
| United Bank | $34,664,000 | 10.9% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,818 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 34.2² + 30.7² + 24.2² + … (1 more) = 2,818
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.
That is $28,683 per covered job, against 5,146 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $147.6 m / 5,146 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $28,683
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 #
Meriwether County, GA: 8 findings, 8 noted
noteMeriwether County, GA's average weekly wage was 3.3% 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
- +3.3 % = 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
noteMeriwether County, GA's covered employment was 2.7% 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
- +2.7 % = 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
noteMeriwether County, GA's typical home value rose 1.0% from $213,550 in August 2026 to $215,610 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +1.0% = (215609.75108682504 - 213550.04649090246) / 213550.04649090246 × 100
- 215609.75108682504 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 213550.04649090246 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteMeriwether County, GA's typical home value of $215,610 ranks 29th of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro, against a median of $340,765.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteMeriwether County, GA's typical home value of +4.4% ranks 1st of 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro, against a median of -0.4%.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 29 counties in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro that published home.yoyPct
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.