Overall Sustainability Score
28
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
City • CA
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
This page summarizes financial pressure dynamics for Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components.
Sustainability Score
Latest Snapshot
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Trend
Stable
National Percentile
4th
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
What Is Driving Pressure In Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley currently has a sustainability score of 28 (High Pressure) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 4th (weak).
Top current component pressures are Utility Pressure (87, increasing) and Essential Inflation Pressure (86, stable).
Compared with Santa Cruz County, Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley is 0.5 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Component Breakdown
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Insurance Pressure
Pressure Score: 74 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Owner-cost burden proxy is 20.8% of income with -1.0% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Tax Pressure
Pressure Score: 80 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $6,538 with 3.7% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Utility Pressure
Pressure Score: 87 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median gross rent proxy is $2,264 with 4.2% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Essential Inflation Pressure
Pressure Score: 86 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 24.5% with 2.5% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Income Offset
Pressure Score: 31 • Trend: Stable
Moderate
Median household income is $111,093 with 1.7% year-over-year growth.
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