Pressure Rank
#26,019
of 31,254 City reports (1 = highest pressure)
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
City • IL
This report summarizes household pressure dynamics for Joy. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components for media-ready local context.
Media Summary
Canonical report URL: /il/joy
Joy has a Household Cost Pressure Score of 63, indicating elevated in the current CostPressureIQ model. The latest trend is stable, with leading component pressure from Tax Pressure (72, increasing) and Income Offset (38, stable).
Pressure Rank
#26,019
of 31,254 City reports (1 = highest pressure)
State Rank
#1,155
of 1,456 IL City reports
Top Driver
Tax Pressure
72 pressure score
Citation Date
2024-12-31
Methodology v1-acs5-2024
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
63
Elevated
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Stable
National Percentile
83rd
Strong
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
Joy currently has a sustainability score of 63 (Elevated) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 83rd (strong).
Top current component pressures are Tax Pressure (72, increasing) and Income Offset (38, stable).
Compared with Mercer County, Joy is 4.7 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 24 • Trend: Stable
Moderate
Owner-cost burden proxy is 14.3% of income with -0.7% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 72 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $2,878 with 6.2% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 31 • Trend: Increasing
Moderate
Median gross rent proxy is $786 with 3.8% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 19 • Trend: Stable
Low Pressure
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 12.7% with 0.4% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Pressure Score: 38 • Trend: Stable
Moderate
Median household income is $74,182 with 3.4% year-over-year growth.
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Citation
Cite as: CostPressureIQ Household Cost Pressure Index, methodology v1-acs5-2024, snapshot 2024-12-31, covering 34,519 U.S. geographies.
Snapshot Date
2024-12-31
Methodology Version
v1-acs5-2024
Coverage
34,519 geographies
Source note: current launch scores use ACS-backed burden, movement, and income-offset proxies. Utility, insurance, and essential burden categories are bridge signals until more granular nationally consistent public datasets are added.