Pittsylvania County, VA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 36.82, -79.40.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 35th pct · 1,969th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 19th pct · 107th of 133 Virginia counties · median $309,231
- 42nd pct · 1,770th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 34th pct · 87th of 133 Virginia counties · median +2.8%
- 0th pct · 1,348th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 0th pct · 71st of 71 Virginia counties · median $1,806
- 59th pct · 1,301st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 60th pct · 53rd of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
- 37th pct · 2,003rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 35th pct · 85th of 133 Virginia counties · median $1,048
- 40th pct · 1,821st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 24th pct · 101st of 133 Virginia counties · median 5.4
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 $193,773 (Sep 2026), +2.2% over one year, +28.5% over five
- 35th pct · 1,969th of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 19th pct · 107th of 133 Virginia counties · median $309,231
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsylvania County, VA | $193,773 · +2.2% 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 $775/mo (Sep 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 20.8
- 0th pct · 1,348th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 0th pct · 71st of 71 Virginia counties · median $1,806
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsylvania County, VA | $775/mo · n/a 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 $1,073 a month on $193,773 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,264 a month: 25.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $193,773 × 80% = $155,019, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,073/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $984 × 52 / 12 = $4,264) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $193,773 / ($984 × 52) = 3.8
- price-to-rent = $193,773 / ($775 × 12) = 20.8
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 #
12,277 jobs at 1,432 employers (2026 Q1); -5.3% jobs and +4.0% average weekly wage over the year
- 59th pct · 1,301st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 60th pct · 53rd of 133 Virginia counties · median 9,944
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsylvania County, VA | 12,277 jobs · $984/wk · -5.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2,206 | $1,233 | 2.23 | -5.6% |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,732 | $813 | 0.94 | +1.8% |
| Construction | 1,092 | $1,001 | 1.70 | +3.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 890 | $1,287 | 1.89 | +1.4% |
| Retail trade | 881 | $597 | 0.74 | -1.5% |
| Accommodation and food services | 650 | $397 | 0.59 | +2.2% |
| Other services | 363 | $858 | 0.99 | -5.7% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 353 | $1,319 | 0.68 | -2.5% |
| Administrative and waste services | 295 | $819 | 0.42 | -1.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 289 | $1,139 | 0.34 | -14.0% |
| Educational services | 264 | $873 | 1.00 | +0.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 138 | $1,344 | 0.28 | +0.0% |
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 #
D2 severe 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 #
6 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HYCO LAKE AT DAM NR ROXBORO, NC | 7.92 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 47 km |
| AFTERBAY RESERVOIR AT DAM NR MCGEHEES MILL, NC | 364.2 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 49 km |
| LITTLE RIVER RESERVOIR NEAR RADFORD, VA | 231.0 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 108 km |
| BEAVERDAM CREEK AT DAM NEAR CREEDMOOR, NC | 248.6 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 109 km |
| FALLS LAKE ABOVE DAM NR FALLS, NC | 246.2 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 122 km |
| B. EVERETT JORDAN LAKE AT DAM NR MONCURE, NC | 213.5 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 133 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 #
84 gauges · 0 flooding · 22 with quality panels averaging 98 % · 19 stale
Sites found: 84, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ROANOKE RIVER AT THIRTEENTH ST BR AT ROANOKE, VA | stage 3.12 ft · quality 80 % (5) · STALE | 67 km |
| CHERRYSTONE CK ABOVE NR CO RD 1444 NR CHATHAM, VA | turb. 4.50 FNU · quality 100 % (5) | 3 km |
| CHERRYSTONE CK BELOW NR CO RD 1444 NR CHATHAM, VA | stage 0.00 ft · quality 100 % (5) | 4 km |
| WHITE OAK CREEK ABOVE NEAR CHATHAM, VA | turb. 18.4 FNU · quality 100 % (5) | 5 km |
| WHITE OAK CREEK BELOW NEAR CHATHAM, VA | stage 0.00 ft · quality 90 % (5) | 5 km |
| GEORGES CREEK NEAR GRETNA, VA | flow 5.10 ft³/s · STALE | 15 km |
| SANDY CREEK ABOVE NEAR MOUNT HERMAN, VA | stage 8.03 ft · quality 100 % (5) | 17 km |
| SANDY CREEK BELOW NEAR MOUNT HERMAN, VA | turb. 2.30 FNU · quality 100 % (5) | 17 km |
| PIGG RIVER NEAR SANDY LEVEL, VA | flow 86.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 18 km |
| SANDY RIVER NEAR DANVILLE, VA | flow 18.0 ft³/s · no flooding | 24 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 #
13 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 13, 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-364644079195401 | depth 17.6 ft · 2026-10-18 | 8 km |
| USGS-362231079410801 | depth 26.1 ft · 2026-10-18 | 56 km |
| USGS-362515078562701 | depth 25.2 ft · 2013-05-08 | 60 km |
| USGS-362458078562601 | depth 24.9 ft · 2013-05-08 | 61 km |
| USGS-362454078562901 | depth 21.9 ft · 2013-05-08 | 61 km |
| USGS-364732080070301 | depth 22.5 ft · 2026-10-18 | 64 km |
| USGS-372150079422301 | depth 41.7 ft · 2026-10-18 | 66 km |
| USGS-372224079423601 | depth 12.7 ft · 2026-10-18 | 67 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 #
moderate (0.32)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.2×0.02 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$495.3 m in deposits at 10 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,251, highly concentrated. $446.8 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $432.2 m, contracts $8.4 m), $36,390 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Carter Bank & Trust | $146.2 m · 29.5% share · 2 offices | |
| First National Bank | $118.9 m · 24.0% share · 3 offices | |
| Atlantic Union Bank | $112.2 m · 22.6% share · 2 offices | |
| Pittsylvania, VA | $446.8 m FY2026 · $36,390/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $423.2 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Bank & Trust | $146,222,000 | 29.5% | 2 |
| First National Bank | $118,916,000 | 24.0% | 3 |
| Atlantic Union Bank | $112,179,000 | 22.6% | 2 |
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | $67,957,000 | 13.7% | 2 |
| Truist Bank | $50,050,000 | 10.1% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,251 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 = 29.5² + 24.0² + 22.6² + … (2 more) = 2,251
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 | $387,580,756 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $33,745,682 |
| Department of Defense | $8,406,618 |
| Department of Agriculture | $6,502,338 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,476,314 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,475,561 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,939,724 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,835,126 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $793,027 |
That is $36,390 per covered job, against 12,277 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $446.8 m / 12,277 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $36,390
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 #
Pittsylvania County, VA: 12 findings, 1 at an alert level, 1 at a watch level and 10 noted
alertPittsylvania County, VA's covered employment is -5.3% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; 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.emp = -5.3 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchPittsylvania County, VA's covered employment is -5.3% 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 = -5.3 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
notePittsylvania County, VA's covered employment was 5.3% 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
- -5.3 % = 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
notePittsylvania County, VA's average weekly wage was 4.0% 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
- +4 % = 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
notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Pittsylvania County, VA could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.
Show the arithmetic
- not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct
the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries
Read all 12 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.