Prentiss County, MS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.62, -88.52.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 11th pct · 2,698th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 41st pct · 47th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $149,228
- 55th pct · 1,362nd of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 62nd pct · 31st of 80 Mississippi counties · median +1.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
- 47th pct · 1,686th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 58th pct · 35th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 8th pct · 2,958th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 16th pct · 69th of 82 Mississippi counties · median $903
- 26th pct · 2,248th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 51st pct · 39th 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 $136,283 (Sep 2026), +3.3% over one year, -1.4% over five
- 11th pct · 2,698th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 41st pct · 47th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $149,228
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Prentiss County, MS | $136,283 · +3.3% 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 $755 a month on $136,283 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,536 a month: 21.3% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $136,283 × 80% = $109,026, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $755/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $816 × 52 / 12 = $3,536) = 21% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $136,283 / ($816 × 52) = 3.2
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 #
7,507 jobs at 556 employers (2026 Q1); +3.3% jobs and -1.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 47th pct · 1,686th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 58th pct · 35th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Prentiss County, MS | 7,507 jobs · $816/wk · +3.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 1,841 | $1,012 | 3.05 | +17.4% |
| Retail trade | 952 | $557 | 1.30 | -0.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 568 | $338 | 0.84 | +4.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 443 | $848 | 1.40 | +2.5% |
| Construction | 318 | $933 | 0.81 | +6.7% |
| Administrative and waste services | 302 | $901 | 0.71 | +9.8% |
| Finance and insurance | 170 | $1,007 | 0.56 | +4.3% |
| Other services | 131 | $871 | 0.58 | -13.2% |
| Utilities | 69 | $1,510 | 2.33 | +11.3% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 49 | $735 | 0.90 | +25.6% |
| Wholesale trade | 30 | $661 | 0.10 | -38.8% |
| Real estate and rental | 27 | $601 | 0.23 | +3.8% |
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 #
$598.1 m in deposits at 9 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,211, highly concentrated. $148.9 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $145.7 m, grants $2.9 m), $19,830 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Farmers and Merchants Bank | $261.5 m · 43.7% share · 4 offices | |
| Renasant Bank | $178.7 m · 29.9% share · 2 offices | |
| The Huntington National Bank | $112.9 m · 18.9% share · 1 office | |
| Prentiss, MS | $148.9 m FY2026 · $19,830/job |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers and Merchants Bank | $261,502,000 | 43.7% | 4 |
| Renasant Bank | $178,706,000 | 29.9% | 2 |
| The Huntington National Bank | $112,916,000 | 18.9% | 1 |
| Guaranty Bank and Trust Company | $42,274,000 | 7.1% | 1 |
| Woodforest National Bank | $2,740,000 | 0.5% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,211 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 43.7² + 29.9² + 18.9² + … (2 more) = 3,211
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 $19,830 per covered job, against 7,507 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $148.9 m / 7,507 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $19,830
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 #
Prentiss County, MS: 7 findings, 1 at a watch level and 6 noted
watchPrentiss County, MS' average weekly wage is -1.2% 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 = -1.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published, nominal dollars; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
notePrentiss County, MS' covered employment 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
notePrentiss County, MS' average weekly wage was 1.2% 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
- -1.2 % = 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
notePrentiss County, MS' typical home value fell 0.6% from $137,141 in August 2026 to $136,283 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -0.6% = (136283.11988266607 - 137141.02293854477) / 137141.02293854477 × 100
- 136283.11988266607 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 137141.02293854477 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
notePrentiss County, MS' average weekly wage of $816 ranks 2,958th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of $1,039.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 8 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 7 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.