Overall Sustainability Score
45
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
County • AR
This page summarizes financial pressure dynamics for Ashley County. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components.
Sustainability Score
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Overall Sustainability Score
45
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Increasing
National Percentile
37th
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
Ashley County currently has a sustainability score of 45 (High Pressure) with a increasing trend direction. National percentile is 37th (weak).
Top current component pressures are Income Offset (90, increasing) and Essential Inflation Pressure (81, increasing).
Compared with Arkansas, Ashley County is 22.8 points lower on sustainability (higher overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 52 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Owner-cost burden proxy is 14.9% of income with 1.4% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 15 • Trend: Stable
Low Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $554 with 2.2% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 40 • Trend: Increasing
Moderate
Median gross rent proxy is $703 with 9.8% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 81 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 19.1% with 10.4% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Pressure Score: 90 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median household income is $44,266 with -0.5% year-over-year growth.
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Research Path
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