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Alma Tax Pressure

Tracks household tax-related pressure through real estate tax burden and year-over-year change.

Pressure Snapshot

Latest Tax Pressure Signals

2024-12-31

Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.

Component Pressure Score

38

Moderate

Higher is worse (more pressure)

Trend

Increasing

Overall Sustainability Score

60

Elevated

Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure

Burden Pressure Score

35

Moderate

Change Pressure Score

43

Elevated

Offset Strength Score

N/A

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Median real estate taxes are $1,581 with 3.1% year-over-year movement.

Window: 2023 to 2024 • Higher component score = higher pressure

In Alma, Tax Pressure scores 38 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 4th highest pressure component locally.

Compared with Lafayette County, this component is 9.2 points lower (less pressure).

Current top pressure drivers in Alma are Utility Pressure (61, increasing) and Essential Inflation Pressure (43, increasing).

Component Pressure Score

The pressure level for this topic only. Higher means worse pressure in this location.

Trend

The direction this pressure is moving: increasing, stable, or decreasing.

Burden Score

How heavy the cost load is right now, before considering whether it is accelerating.

Change Score

How quickly pressure is rising or easing versus the prior period.

Offset Score

How much local income growth helps absorb pressure. Higher offset means stronger cushion.

Overall Sustainability Score

Net sustainability score for the full model. Higher is better and means lower overall pressure.

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