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Alma Insurance Pressure

Tracks insurance-related affordability strain, including owner-cost burden proxy and recent movement.

Pressure Snapshot

Latest Insurance 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

16

Low Pressure

Higher is worse (more pressure)

Trend

Decreasing

Overall Sustainability Score

72

Manageable

Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure

Burden Pressure Score

19

Low Pressure

Change Pressure Score

10

Low Pressure

Offset Strength Score

N/A

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Owner-cost burden proxy is 14.2% of income with -2.7% year-over-year movement.

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

In Alma, Insurance Pressure scores 16 and is decreasing in the latest window. This is the 3rd highest pressure component locally.

Compared with Harlan County, this component is 7.6 points lower (less pressure).

Current top pressure drivers in Alma are Income Offset (63, increasing) and Tax Pressure (61, 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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