Overall Sustainability Score
33
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
County • CA
This page summarizes financial pressure dynamics for Alpine 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
33
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Increasing
National Percentile
10th
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
Alpine County currently has a sustainability score of 33 (High Pressure) with a increasing trend direction. National percentile is 10th (weak).
Top current component pressures are Tax Pressure (96, increasing) and Insurance Pressure (92, increasing).
Compared with California, Alpine County is 4.1 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 92 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Owner-cost burden proxy is 18.7% of income with 6.2% year-over-year movement.
Open component page
TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 96 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $4,530 with 42.0% year-over-year movement.
Open component page
UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 50 • Trend: Insufficient data
Elevated
Median gross rent proxy is N/A with N/A year-over-year movement.
Open component page
ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 50 • Trend: Insufficient data
Elevated
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is N/A with N/A year-over-year movement.
Open component page
INCOME_OFFSET
Pressure Score: 39 • Trend: Increasing
Moderate
Median household income is $105,521 with -4.7% year-over-year growth.
Open component page
Research Path
Use this location profile as the anchor page, then compare component pages and related geographies before finalizing interpretation. Validate assumptions with methodology and source documentation.