Miller County, GA
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 31.16, -84.73.
Assembled 2026-10-21. Read the brief.
- 20th pct · 2,421st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 25th pct · 119th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
- 74th pct · 769th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 74th pct · 41st of 159 Georgia counties · median +2.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Georgia counties: not published this period
- 15th pct · 2,721st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 18th pct · 130th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
- 31st pct · 2,201st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 47th pct · 84th of 159 Georgia counties · median $964
- 26th pct · 2,249th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 25th pct · 119th 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 $159,989 (Sep 2026), +5.1% over one year, +43.8% over five
- 20th pct · 2,421st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 25th pct · 119th of 159 Georgia counties · median $215,610
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Miller County, GA | $159,989 · +5.1% 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 #
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 #
1,938 jobs at 169 employers (2026 Q1); -1.6% jobs and +25.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 15th pct · 2,721st of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 18th pct · 130th of 159 Georgia counties · median 7,095
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Miller County, GA | 1,938 jobs · $959/wk · -1.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 156 | $1,122 | 0.53 | +6.1% |
| Retail trade | 147 | $761 | 0.78 | -3.3% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 81 | $834 | 5.79 | -1.2% |
| Professional and technical services | 53 | $859 | 0.40 | +8.2% |
| Construction | 51 | $876 | 0.50 | +13.3% |
| Manufacturing | 33 | $1,090 | 0.21 | -8.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 20 | $839 | 0.18 | +42.9% |
| Wholesale trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | 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 #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
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 #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$225.3 m in deposits at 3 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,978, highly concentrated. $49.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $40.1 m, grants $9.3 m), $25,492 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PeoplesSouth Bank | $106.9 m · 47.5% share · 1 office | |
| First State Bank of Blakely | $88.7 m · 39.4% share · 1 office | |
| Ameris Bank | $29.6 m · 13.1% share · 1 office | |
| Miller, GA | $49.4 m FY2026 · $25,492/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $33.6 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| PeoplesSouth Bank | $106,946,000 | 47.5% | 1 |
| First State Bank of Blakely | $88,745,000 | 39.4% | 1 |
| Ameris Bank | $29,577,000 | 13.1% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 3,978 across 3 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 3 banks with deposits in the county = 47.5² + 39.4² + 13.1² = 3,978
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 | $29,261,513 |
| Department of Transportation | $8,745,735 |
| Department of Agriculture | $6,523,034 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $4,202,755 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $540,569 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $129,997 |
| Small Business Administration | $0 |
That is $25,492 per covered job, against 1,938 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $49.4 m / 1,938 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $25,492
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 | 16.54 | 2026-10-20 | -4.9% |
| 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 | 2026-10-21 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 255,129.00 | 2026-09-01 | -1.4% |
| 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 | 5.00 | 2026-10-20 | -28.6% |
| 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 | unavailable | not published | |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | unavailable | not published | |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | unavailable | not published | |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | unavailable | not published | |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | unavailable | not published | |
| Unemployment rate · % | unavailable | not published | |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | unavailable | not published | |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | unavailable | not published |
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 #
Miller County, GA: 6 findings, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchMiller County, GA's covered employment is -1.6% 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 = -1.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteMiller County, GA's average weekly wage was 25.5% 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
- +25.5 % = 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
noteMiller County, GA's covered employment was 1.6% 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
- -1.6 % = 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
noteMiller County, GA's typical home value rose 0.4% from $159,409 in August 2026 to $159,989 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.4% = (159988.69808989612 - 159409.03110146147) / 159409.03110146147 × 100
- 159988.69808989612 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 159409.03110146147 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering Miller 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
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.