Pitt County, NC
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 35.59, -77.37.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 54th pct · 1,393rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 39th pct · 61st of 100 North Carolina counties · median $270,749
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 30th pct · 2,114th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 50th pct · 50th of 100 North Carolina counties · median +1.1%
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 46th pct · 730th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 40th pct · 37th of 62 North Carolina counties · median $1,550
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 89th pct · 350th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 89th pct · 11th of 100 North Carolina counties · median 16,739
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 76th pct · 744th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 87th pct · 13th of 100 North Carolina counties · median $984
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 42nd pct · 1,752nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 26th pct · 74th of 100 North Carolina counties · median 5.0
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
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Home values #
Typical home $243,595 (Sep 2026), +1.1% over one year, +32.1% over five
- 54th pct · 1,393rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 39th pct · 61st of 100 North Carolina counties · median $270,749
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pitt County, NC | $243,595 · +1.1% 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 #
Typical rent $1,465/mo (Sep 2026), +1.8% over one year; price-to-rent 13.9
- 46th pct · 730th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 40th pct · 37th of 62 North Carolina counties · median $1,550
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pitt County, NC | $1,465/mo · +1.8% 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 $1,349 a month on $243,595 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $5,222 a month: 25.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $243,595 × 80% = $194,876, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,349/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,205 × 52 / 12 = $5,222) = 26% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $243,595 / ($1,205 × 52) = 3.9
- price-to-rent = $243,595 / ($1,465 × 12) = 13.9
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 #
82,920 jobs at 4,470 employers (2026 Q1); +2.3% jobs and +3.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 89th pct · 350th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 89th pct · 11th of 100 North Carolina counties · median 16,739
- counties in the Greenville metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 1 counties in the Greenville metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pitt County, NC | 82,920 jobs · $1,205/wk · +2.3% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 18,807 | $1,287 | 1.51 | +87.6% |
| Retail trade | 9,174 | $721 | 1.14 | +0.2% |
| Accommodation and food services | 8,761 | $386 | 1.18 | -0.6% |
| Manufacturing | 7,316 | $1,641 | 1.10 | +8.6% |
| Administrative and waste services | 5,211 | $1,727 | 1.11 | +30.3% |
| Professional and technical services | 2,208 | $1,405 | 0.39 | -2.0% |
| Other services | 1,885 | $746 | 0.76 | -0.5% |
| Wholesale trade | 1,543 | $1,251 | 0.49 | +1.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,326 | $2,037 | 0.39 | +0.5% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 1,059 | $913 | 0.30 | -6.3% |
| Real estate and rental | 940 | $977 | 0.74 | -13.8% |
| Management of companies | 887 | $2,510 | 0.64 | -0.8% |
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 #
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 #
$3.5 bn in deposits at 32 offices of 12 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,178, moderately concentrated. $1.1 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.0 bn, grants $50.5 m), $13,621 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | $611.8 m · 17.4% share · 4 offices | |
| Truist Bank | $544.4 m · 15.4% share · 6 offices | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $493.4 m · 14.0% share · 3 offices | |
| Pitt, NC | $1.1 bn FY2026 · $13,621/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $954.0 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | $611,789,000 | 17.4% | 4 |
| Truist Bank | $544,448,000 | 15.4% | 6 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $493,376,000 | 14.0% | 3 |
| Southern Bank and Trust Company | $408,809,000 | 11.6% | 5 |
| TowneBank | $359,814,000 | 10.2% | 2 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $345,426,000 | 9.8% | 2 |
| First National Bank of Pennsylvania | $206,280,000 | 5.9% | 2 |
| First Bank | $194,073,000 | 5.5% | 1 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $180,657,000 | 5.1% | 2 |
| United Bank | $142,230,000 | 4.0% | 3 |
Deposit concentration is 1,178 across 12 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 12 banks with deposits in the county = 17.4² + 15.4² + 14.0² + … (9 more) = 1,178
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 | $780,856,535 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $171,501,759 |
| Department of Education | $77,165,120 |
| Department of Defense | $33,654,024 |
| Department of Transportation | $23,394,575 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $20,309,160 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $9,003,744 |
| Department of Agriculture | $7,291,489 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $1,796,633 |
| General Services Administration | $1,741,551 |
| National Science Foundation | $1,715,116 |
| Department of Commerce | $854,177 |
That is $13,621 per covered job, against 82,920 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.1 bn / 82,920 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $13,621
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 #
Pitt County, NC: 6 findings, 6 noted
notePitt County, NC's average weekly wage was 3.2% 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
- +3.2 % = 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
notePitt County, NC's covered employment was 2.3% 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
- +2.3 % = 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
notePitt County, NC's typical asking rent rose 0.4% from $1,459 in August 2026 to $1,465 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.4% = (1464.6812308717156 - 1458.903577416148) / 1458.903577416148 × 100
- 1464.6812308717156 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 1458.903577416148 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering Pitt County, NC 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
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Pitt County, NC is due between 2026-11-14 and 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-11-14 to 2026-11-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
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