Component Pressure Score
90
High Pressure
Higher is worse (more pressure)
Utility Pressure • City • NJ
Budd Lake Utility Pressure
Tracks residential-electricity pressure using state-level price data and a documented comparison-window change.
Annual Baseline
Published Utility Pressure Signals
2024-12-31 • v1.1-acs5-2024
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Comparison window: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates compared with 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates. Current Pulse data is reported separately and does not change this component score.
Trend
Increasing
Overall Sustainability Score
46
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Burden Pressure Score
88
High Pressure
Change Pressure Score
93
High Pressure
Offset Strength Score
N/A
Insufficient Data
State residential electricity price is 19.34 cents/kWh with 9.3% annual change. It is not a local utility bill.
Window: 2024 annual compared with 2023 annual • Higher component score = higher pressure
In Budd Lake, Utility Pressure scores 90 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 1st highest pressure component locally.
Compared with Morris County, this component is 3.4 points lower (less pressure).
Current top pressure drivers in Budd Lake are Utility Pressure (90, increasing) and Tax Pressure (71, stable).
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.
Evidence & Provenance
Source Values Behind This Component
Resolution: State
This component uses a clearly labeled fallback geography or proxy input.
Residential electricity price
Value: 19.34 cents per kilowatthour
Change: +9.3% relative change
Annual EIA residential retail electricity price; the same state signal is labeled when used for a county or city.
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Period: 2024 annual compared with 2023 annual • Resolution: State
Fallback source geography or proxy.
State residential-electricity price is shown for this more-local geography; it is not a local utility bill or rate filing.
Current Pressure Pulse
Fresh Context Beside The Annual Baseline
Not part of the annual Cost Pressure Score
The pulse reports the latest verified public releases alongside the annual baseline. It never recalculates or changes this location's Household Cost Pressure Score.
Residential Electricity
25.19 cents per kilowatt-hour
-0.5% from the comparable prior period
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Source date: 2026-07 • Resolution: State-level monthly residential electricity price
State-level electricity data; no city or county electricity series is implied.
Covered-Job Wage
2,438 dollars per week
+5.0% from the comparable prior period
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW
Source date: 2026-Q1 • Resolution: County-level quarterly QCEW covered-job wage
County-level covered-job wage for this city's parent county.
National CPI Context
335 CPI-U index (1982-84=100)
+3.4% from the comparable prior period
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI
Source date: 2026-08 • Resolution: National monthly CPI-U context
National CPI context; it does not represent a local CPI series.
Latest pulse refresh: 2026-09-26 • verified source run.
Related Components
Other Pressure Pages For Budd Lake
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Insurance Pressure
Pressure Score: 62 • Trend: Decreasing
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
Period: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates compared with 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates • Resolution: Place
Open the component report for raw drivers and source links.
TAX_PRESSURE
Tax Pressure
Pressure Score: 71 • Trend: Stable
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
Period: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates compared with 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates • Resolution: Place
Open the component report for raw drivers and source links.
ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Essential Housing Burden
Pressure Score: 20 • Trend: Decreasing
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
Period: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates compared with 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates • Resolution: Place
Open the component report for raw drivers and source links.
INCOME_OFFSET
Income Offset
Pressure Score: 26 • Trend: Decreasing
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
Period: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates compared with 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates • Resolution: Place
Open the component report for raw drivers and source links.
Related IQ Context
Contextual Sister Research
Research Path
Continue From Utility Pressure
Compare this component page against the full location profile and then expand to peer geographies to verify whether this pressure pattern is local, county-wide, state-wide, or broader.