Greene County, MS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.21, -88.63.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 19th pct · 2,460th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 55th pct · 36th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $149,228
- 99th pct · 18th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 97th pct · 3rd of 80 Mississippi counties · median +1.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
- 16th pct · 2,703rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 71st of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 9th pct · 2,911th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 25th pct · 61st of 82 Mississippi counties · median $903
- 36th pct · 1,948th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 68th pct · 26th of 80 Mississippi counties · median 3.1
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 $157,923 (Sep 2026), +14.8% over one year, +28.8% over five
- 19th pct · 2,460th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 55th pct · 36th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $149,228
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greene County, MS | $157,923 · +14.8% 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
- Mississippi 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 $875 a month on $157,923 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,623 a month: 24.1% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $157,923 × 80% = $126,338, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $875/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $836 × 52 / 12 = $3,623) = 24% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $157,923 / ($836 × 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 #
1,985 jobs at 164 employers (2026 Q1); +0.9% jobs and -1.9% average weekly wage over the year
- 16th pct · 2,703rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 13th pct · 71st of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greene County, MS | 1,985 jobs · $836/wk · +0.9% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 241 | $443 | 1.25 | -1.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 104 | $268 | 0.58 | +70.5% |
| Other services | 80 | $976 | 1.35 | -26.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 59 | $1,743 | 0.71 | +40.5% |
| Finance and insurance | 21 | $973 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Mining, oil and gas | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Information | 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 #
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 #
32 gauges · 0 flooding · 5 with quality panels averaging 88 % · 11 stale
Sites found: 32, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND, ALA | stage 3.25 ft · quality 50 % (2) | 69 km |
| CHICKASAWHAY RIVER AT LEAKESVILLE, MS | flow 340.0 ft³/s | 11 km |
| LEAF RIVER NR MCLAIN, MS | flow 655.0 ft³/s | 20 km |
| POND CREEK NEAR DEER PARK AL | flow 0.70 ft³/s · STALE | 27 km |
| PASCAGOULA RIVER AT MERRILL, MS | flow 1,070 ft³/s | 28 km |
| LEAF RIVER NR NEW AUGUSTA, MS | flow 617.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 40 km |
| CYPRESS CREEK NR JANICE, MS | flow 8.41 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 42 km |
| BOGUE HOMO NR RICHTON, MS | flow 24,400 ft³/s · STALE | 42 km |
| ESCATAWPA RIVER NEAR WILMER, AL | flow 45.8 ft³/s | 44 km |
| TALLAHALA CREEK NR RUNNELSTOWN, MS | flow 114.0 ft³/s · STALE | 47 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 #
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 #
low (0.04)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.12 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$139.2 m in deposits at 3 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,109, highly concentrated. $69.2 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $68.5 m, loans $851,983), $34,881 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First State Bank | $79.9 m · 57.4% share · 2 offices | |
| Community Bank of Mississippi | $59.3 m · 42.6% share · 1 office | |
| Greene, MS | $69.2 m FY2026 · $34,881/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First State Bank | $79,882,000 | 57.4% | 2 |
| Community Bank of Mississippi | $59,329,000 | 42.6% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,109 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 = 57.4² + 42.6² = 5,109
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 #
That is $34,881 per covered job, against 1,985 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $69.2 m / 1,985 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $34,881
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 #
Greene County, MS: 11 findings, 3 at a watch level and 8 noted
watchGreene County, MS' average weekly wage is -1.9% against a year earlier, a watch level here: average weekly wage below the same quarter a year earlier, before inflation (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, 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.avgWeeklyWage = -1.9 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchGreene County, MS' typical home value of $157,923 scores 20 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 56 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 36 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 36 = |20 across US counties - 56 across Mississippi counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
watchGreene County, MS' years of wages of 3.6 scores 36 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 68 across Mississippi counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |36 across US counties - 68 across Mississippi counties|
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteGreene County, MS' average weekly wage was 1.9% 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
- -1.9 % = 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
noteGreene County, MS' typical home value fell 0.9% from $159,400 in August 2026 to $157,923 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -0.9% = (157922.598664541 - 159399.55961612536) / 159399.55961612536 × 100
- 157922.598664541 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 159399.55961612536 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
Read all 11 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.