What a county’s tree work is actually worth, before anyone pitches you.
Each brief takes one county and lays out the households, the owner-occupied homes, the storm exposure and the companies already competing for the work, ZIP by ZIP. Built from public records: the Census, NOAA storm events, and our own count of who is operating there. No projections and no numbers we cannot show you the source for.
The most tree-struck market we have measured.
Seven of every ten storm reports in Leon County describe a tree coming down, at fifteen tree-down reports per ten thousand residents. That is double Charleston or Savannah.
114,000 owner-occupied homes under live oaks.
One of the richest, oldest and most storm-exposed housing markets in the Southeast. Almost half the tree companies serving it cannot be found or read online.
52,660 owner-occupied homes, 70 companies serving them.
80 of 360 National Weather Service storm reports in Bay County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down.
73% of the tree companies here publish no website.
151 of 275 National Weather Service storm reports in Berkeley County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down. Of 108 local companies, 79 publish no website we could find.
Trees come down in 68% of storm reports here.
146 of 215 National Weather Service storm reports in Bulloch County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down.
29,343 owner-occupied homes, 42 companies serving them.
75 of 173 National Weather Service storm reports in Craven County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down. Of 42 local companies, 19 publish no website we could find.
Trees come down in 69% of storm reports here.
248 of 362 National Weather Service storm reports in Dorchester County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down. Of 69 local companies, 23 publish no website we could find.
79% of the tree companies here publish no website.
87 of 171 National Weather Service storm reports in Harnett County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down. Of 24 local companies, 19 publish no website we could find.
58% of the tree companies here publish no website.
243 of 409 National Weather Service storm reports in Houston County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down. Of 78 local companies, 45 publish no website we could find.
Trees come down in 62% of storm reports here.
185 of 299 National Weather Service storm reports in Johnston County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down.
94,401 owner-occupied homes, 88 companies serving them.
260 of 584 National Weather Service storm reports in Lexington County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down.
69% of the tree companies here publish no website.
112 of 199 National Weather Service storm reports in Nash County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down. Of 26 local companies, 18 publish no website we could find.
101,223 owner-occupied homes, 77 companies serving them.
276 of 729 National Weather Service storm reports in Richland County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down.
27,990 owner-occupied homes, 26 companies serving them.
160 of 301 National Weather Service storm reports in Sumter County since 2015 describe a tree or limb down. Of 26 local companies, 11 publish no website we could find.
Common questions
What is in a county market brief?
One county, laid out ZIP by ZIP: the households, the owner-occupied homes, the storm exposure, and the tree companies already competing for the work. Each brief is about what a county's tree work is actually worth before anyone pitches you on it.
Where do the numbers come from?
Public records: the U.S. Census Bureau, NOAA storm events, and our own count of the companies operating in the county. There are no projections, and no figure appears that we cannot show you the source for.
Which counties have a brief?
The current list is on this page, each card naming the county, its largest city and how many ZIP codes the brief covers. Briefs are added county by county rather than generated for every county at once.