Yazoo County, MS
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 32.77, -90.39.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 3rd pct · 2,943rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 13th pct · 69th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $149,228
- 14th pct · 7th of 8 counties in the Jackson metro · median $128,469
- 81st pct · 569th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 81st pct · 16th of 80 Mississippi counties · median +1.5%
- 100th pct · 1st of 8 counties in the Jackson metro · median +1.5%
- US counties: not published this period
- Mississippi counties: not published this period
- counties in the Jackson metro: not published this period
- 43rd pct · 1,812th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 51st pct · 40th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 28th pct · 6th of 8 counties in the Jackson metro · median 10,161
- 60th pct · 1,285th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 86th pct · 12th of 82 Mississippi counties · median $903
- 71st pct · 3rd of 8 counties in the Jackson metro · median $1,004
- 3rd pct · 2,963rd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 6th pct · 75th of 80 Mississippi counties · median 3.1
- 0th pct · 8th of 8 counties in the Jackson metro · median 2.7
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 $105,424 (Sep 2026), +6.0% over one year, -2.3% over five
- 3rd pct · 2,943rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 13th pct · 69th of 80 Mississippi counties · median $149,228
- 14th pct · 7th of 8 counties in the Jackson metro · median $128,469
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yazoo County, MS | $105,424 · +6.0% 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
- counties in the Jackson metro: 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 $584 a month on $105,424 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,715 a month: 12.4% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $105,424 × 80% = $84,339, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $584/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,088 × 52 / 12 = $4,715) = 12% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $105,424 / ($1,088 × 52) = 1.9
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 #
6,373 jobs at 462 employers (2026 Q1); +1.8% jobs and +1.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 43rd pct · 1,812th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 51st pct · 40th of 82 Mississippi counties · median 6,322
- 28th pct · 6th of 8 counties in the Jackson metro · median 10,161
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yazoo County, MS | 6,373 jobs · $1,088/wk · +1.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 802 | $550 | 1.29 | +15.6% |
| Manufacturing | 549 | $2,194 | 1.07 | +1.3% |
| Construction | 411 | $1,223 | 1.23 | +13.5% |
| Wholesale trade | 262 | $1,287 | 1.07 | +3.1% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 115 | $837 | 2.50 | -21.8% |
| Finance and insurance | 96 | $1,271 | 0.37 | -5.0% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 80 | $1,553 | 3.53 | +12.7% |
| Professional and technical services | 64 | $1,050 | 0.15 | -17.9% |
| Other services | 51 | $451 | 0.27 | -23.9% |
| Real estate and rental | 46 | $660 | 0.47 | -14.8% |
| Information | 24 | $805 | 0.20 | -17.2% |
| Utilities | 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 #
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 #
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 #
high (0.50)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$506.8 m in deposits at 4 offices of 3 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 4,146, highly concentrated. $189.7 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $140.1 m, contracts $29.1 m), $29,768 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of Yazoo City | $242.1 m · 47.8% share · 2 offices | |
| BankPlus | $212.5 m · 41.9% share · 1 office | |
| Regions Bank | $52.2 m · 10.3% share · 1 office | |
| Yazoo, MS | $189.7 m FY2026 · $29,768/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $128.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Yazoo City | $242,064,000 | 47.8% | 2 |
| BankPlus | $212,490,000 | 41.9% | 1 |
| Regions Bank | $52,221,000 | 10.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 4,146 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 = 47.8² + 41.9² + 10.3² = 4,146
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 | $114,488,758 |
| Department of Justice | $29,097,868 |
| Department of Transportation | $19,276,637 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $13,929,087 |
| Department of Agriculture | $8,291,108 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $1,608,073 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $1,472,728 |
| Delta Regional Authority | $994,800 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $390,364 |
| Department of the Interior | $119,062 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $28,810 |
| Department of Defense | $17,039 |
That is $29,768 per covered job, against 6,373 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $189.7 m / 6,373 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $29,768
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 #
Yazoo County, MS: 13 findings, 1 at a watch level and 12 noted
watchYazoo County, MS' typical home value is -1.6% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical home value at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; 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 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.momPct = -1.6120288774718001 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteYazoo County, MS' covered employment was 1.8% 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
- +1.8 % = 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
noteYazoo County, MS' typical home value fell 1.6% from $107,151 in August 2026 to $105,424 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -1.6% = (105423.63761183892 - 107150.94173509158) / 107150.94173509158 × 100
- 105423.63761183892 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 107150.94173509158 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
noteYazoo County, MS' average weekly wage was 1.3% 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
- +1.3 % = 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
noteYazoo County, MS' typical home value of +6.0% ranks 1st of 8 counties in the Jackson metro, against a median of +1.5%.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 8 counties in the Jackson metro that published home.yoyPct
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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.