Anderson County, SC
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 34.52, -82.64.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 67th pct · 999th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 71st pct · 14th of 46 South Carolina counties · median $213,114
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 31st pct · 2,090th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 51st pct · 23rd of 46 South Carolina counties · median +1.2%
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 38th pct · 829th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 20th pct · 20th of 25 South Carolina counties · median $1,574
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 88th pct · 384th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 84th pct · 8th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 18,411
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 56th pct · 1,402nd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 51st pct · 23rd of 46 South Carolina counties · median $1,061
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 67th pct · 984th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 77th pct · 11th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 4.0
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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 $287,369 (Sep 2026), +1.2% over one year, +33.7% over five
- 67th pct · 999th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 71st pct · 14th of 46 South Carolina counties · median $213,114
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, SC | $287,369 · +1.2% 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 $1,387/mo (Sep 2026), +3.3% over one year; price-to-rent 17.3
- 38th pct · 829th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 20th pct · 20th of 25 South Carolina counties · median $1,574
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, SC | $1,387/mo · +3.3% 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 $1,592 a month on $287,369 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,632 a month: 34.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $287,369 × 80% = $229,895, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,592/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,069 × 52 / 12 = $4,632) = 34% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $287,369 / ($1,069 × 52) = 5.2
- price-to-rent = $287,369 / ($1,387 × 12) = 17.3
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 #
73,276 jobs at 4,635 employers (2026 Q1); -0.1% jobs and +3.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 88th pct · 384th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 84th pct · 8th of 46 South Carolina counties · median 18,411
- counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 4 counties in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, SC | 73,276 jobs · $1,069/wk · -0.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 16,038 | $1,339 | 2.72 | -1.6% |
| Retail trade | 9,488 | $645 | 1.33 | +0.4% |
| Accommodation and food services | 7,621 | $388 | 1.16 | +2.8% |
| Health care and social assistance | 7,122 | $966 | 0.65 | -1.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 3,461 | $1,797 | 1.23 | -6.2% |
| Construction | 3,300 | $1,216 | 0.86 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 2,643 | $848 | 0.63 | +6.1% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,119 | $1,119 | 0.69 | -2.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 2,076 | $1,356 | 0.41 | +1.5% |
| Other services | 1,524 | $888 | 0.70 | -5.5% |
| Educational services | 1,348 | $948 | 0.86 | +0.1% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,207 | $1,566 | 0.40 | +5.0% |
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 #
$4.3 bn in deposits at 43 offices of 17 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 965, unconcentrated. $1.5 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.4 bn, grants $70.7 m), $19,985 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Truist Bank | $663.8 m · 15.6% share · 6 offices | |
| SouthState Bank, National Association | $560.9 m · 13.1% share · 3 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $549.7 m · 12.9% share · 3 offices | |
| Anderson, SC | $1.5 bn FY2026 · $19,985/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $1.3 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truist Bank | $663,774,000 | 15.6% | 6 |
| SouthState Bank, National Association | $560,926,000 | 13.1% | 3 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $549,728,000 | 12.9% | 3 |
| TD Bank, National Association | $400,373,000 | 9.4% | 2 |
| The Peoples Bank | $393,508,000 | 9.2% | 8 |
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | $351,984,000 | 8.3% | 4 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $276,136,000 | 6.5% | 1 |
| First Bank | $266,648,000 | 6.3% | 1 |
| United Community Bank | $205,915,000 | 4.8% | 2 |
| The Park National Bank | $163,278,000 | 3.8% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 965 across 17 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls unconcentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 17 banks with deposits in the county = 15.6² + 13.1² + 12.9² + … (14 more) = 965
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 | $1,183,179,960 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $207,644,233 |
| Department of Education | $28,127,405 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $11,826,597 |
| Department of Transportation | $10,154,722 |
| Department of Agriculture | $7,484,367 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $5,305,059 |
| Department of Defense | $4,368,434 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $3,162,675 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,745,443 |
| Department of State | $220,012 |
| Department of Justice | $134,585 |
That is $19,985 per covered job, against 73,276 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.5 bn / 73,276 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $19,985
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 #
Anderson County, SC: 8 findings, 1 at a watch level and 7 noted
watchAnderson County, SC's covered employment is -0.1% 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 = -0.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteAnderson County, SC's average weekly wage was 3.5% 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
- +3.5 % = 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
noteAnderson County, SC's typical asking rent rose 0.5% from $1,380 in August 2026 to $1,387 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (1386.7688869240592 - 1380.4684398871916) / 1380.4684398871916 × 100
- 1386.7688869240592 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 1380.4684398871916 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
noteAnderson County, SC's typical home value fell 0.4% from $288,469 in August 2026 to $287,369 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -0.4% = (287368.86966481997 - 288469.3481214936) / 288469.3481214936 × 100
- 287368.86966481997 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 288469.3481214936 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteAnderson County, SC's covered employment was 0.1% 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
- -0.1 % = 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
Read all 8 findings in the full brief
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