Pulaski County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.24, -83.48.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 27th pct · 2,227th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 34th pct · 105th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
- 45th pct · 1,654th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 50th pct · 80th of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- 23rd pct · 2,476th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 29th pct · 113th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 23rd pct · 2,460th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 36th pct · 101st of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 37th pct · 1,927th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 34th pct · 104th of 159 Georgia counties · median 4.2
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 $175,071 (Sep 2026), +2.5% over one year, +38.2% over five
- 27th pct · 2,227th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 34th pct · 105th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County, GA | $175,071 · +2.5% 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
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 $970 a month on $175,071 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,995 a month: 24.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $175,071 × 80% = $140,057, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $970/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $922 × 52 / 12 = $3,995) = 24% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $175,071 / ($922 × 52) = 3.7
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 #
2,838 jobs at 227 employers (2026 Q1); -2.2% jobs and +1.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 23rd pct · 2,476th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 29th pct · 113th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County, GA | 2,838 jobs · $922/wk · -2.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 961 | $1,118 | 2.25 | -4.9% |
| Retail trade | 334 | $613 | 1.21 | +5.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 165 | $1,276 | 1.52 | +1.2% |
| Manufacturing | 141 | $1,341 | 0.62 | -4.7% |
| Construction | 73 | $895 | 0.49 | -45.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 53 | $1,444 | 0.46 | -1.9% |
| Professional and technical services | 47 | $1,321 | 0.24 | +9.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 42 | $498 | 0.26 | +2.4% |
| Other services | 26 | $538 | 0.31 | +0.0% |
| Information | 13 | $1,133 | 0.25 | +0.0% |
| Unclassified | 6 | $925 | 0.99 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 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 #
D0 abnormally dry
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 #
1 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 1, 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 HORTON HEADWATER NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, GA | 775.2 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 #
21 gauges · 0 flooding · 2 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 4 stale
Sites found: 21, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TUCSAWHATCHEE CREEK NEAR HAWKINSVILLE, GA | flow 7.28 ft³/s | 2 km |
| OCMULGEE RIVER AT US 341, AT HAWKINSVILLE, GA | flow 1,240 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 5 km |
| BIG INDIAN CREEK AT US 341, NEAR CLINCHFIELD, GA | flow 41.2 ft³/s | 26 km |
| OCMULGEE RIVER AT ABBEVILLE, GA | flow 1,720 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 33 km |
| OCMULGEE RIVER AT GA 96, NEAR BONAIRE, GA | flow 968.0 ft³/s | 34 km |
| TURKEY CREEK AT BYROMVILLE, GA | flow 2.37 ft³/s | 40 km |
| OCMULGEE RIVER NEAR WARNER ROBINS, GA | flow 613.0 ft³/s · STALE | 49 km |
| FLINT RIVER AT GA 26, NEAR MONTEZUMA, GA | flow 1,090 ft³/s | 53 km |
| FLINT RIVER AT MONTEZUMA, GA | flow 5,010 ft³/s · STALE | 53 km |
| LIME CREEK NEAR COBB, GA | flow 14.0 ft³/s · STALE | 54 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-322245083290101 | depth 70.4 ft · 2026-10-18 | 16 km |
| USGS-321110083462701 | depth 81.2 ft · 1997-05-20 | 28 km |
| USGS-323302083263401 | depth 171.6 ft · 2026-10-18 | 35 km |
| USGS-320139083511602 | depth 69.6 ft · 2026-10-18 | 42 km |
| USGS-322652083033001 | depth 35.3 ft · 2026-10-18 | 46 km |
| USGS-315731083542301 | depth 49.7 ft · 2026-09-01 | 51 km |
| USGS-315731083542302 | depth 44.2 ft · 2026-09-01 | 51 km |
| USGS-323030083030003 | depth 51.6 ft · 2026-10-18 | 51 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 #
$174.6 m in deposits at 3 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,092, highly concentrated. $65.5 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $64.9 m, grants $564,053), $23,077 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Planters First Bank | $99.1 m · 56.8% share · 2 offices | |
| Sunmark Community Bank | $75.5 m · 43.2% share · 1 office | |
| Pulaski, GA | $65.5 m FY2026 · $23,077/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $61.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planters First Bank | $99,121,000 | 56.8% | 2 |
| Sunmark Community Bank | $75,450,000 | 43.2% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,092 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 = 56.8² + 43.2² = 5,092
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 | $47,797,817 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $13,882,730 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,802,381 |
| Department of Transportation | $764,117 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $245,933 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $145,864 |
| Department of the Interior | -$48,321 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | -$97,878 |
That is $23,077 per covered job, against 2,838 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $65.5 m / 2,838 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $23,077
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 · % | 73.84 | 2026-10-19 | not published |
| 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 #
Pulaski County, GA: 6 findings, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchPulaski County, GA's covered employment is -2.2% 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 = -2.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
notePulaski County, GA's covered employment was 2.2% 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
- -2.2 % = 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
notePulaski County, GA's average weekly wage was 1.5% 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
- +1.5 % = 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
notePulaski County, GA's typical home value fell 0.5% from $175,964 in August 2026 to $175,071 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -0.5% = (175071.27272672835 - 175964.24983078786) / 175964.24983078786 × 100
- 175071.27272672835 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 175964.24983078786 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering Pulaski 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
Read all 6 findings in the full brief
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