Component Pressure Score
44
Elevated
Higher is worse (more pressure)
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
Income Offset • City • SD
Tracks offset capacity from household income level and growth that can absorb rising costs.
Annual Baseline
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.
Component Pressure Score
44
Elevated
Higher is worse (more pressure)
Trend
Decreasing
Overall Sustainability Score
71
Manageable
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Burden Pressure Score
31
Moderate
Change Pressure Score
65
High Pressure
Offset Strength Score
56
Limited Offset
Median household income is $78,156 with 22.6% five-year change.
Window: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates compared with 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates • Higher component score = higher pressure
In Newport Colony, Income Offset scores 44 and is decreasing in the latest window. This is the 1st highest pressure component locally.
Compared with Marshall County, this component is 3.9 points higher (more pressure).
Current top pressure drivers in Newport Colony are Income Offset (44, decreasing) and Utility Pressure (36, 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.
Evidence & Provenance
Resolution: County
This component uses a clearly labeled fallback geography or proxy input.
Median household income
Value: 78,156 USD
Change: +22.6% relative change
ACS median household income; change compares non-overlapping five-year ACS periods.
U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey
Period: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates compared with 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates • Resolution: County
Fallback source geography or proxy.
Fallback county ACS data is shown because a direct place or county observation was unavailable. City place matching uses the 2024 Census Place Gazetteer (https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip).
Current Pressure Pulse
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
15.37 cents per kilowatt-hour
+5.9% 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
1,066 dollars per week
-3.5% 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
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 29 • 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: County
Open the component report for raw drivers and source links.
TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 26 • 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: County
Open the component report for raw drivers and source links.
UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 36 • Trend: Increasing
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Period: 2024 annual compared with 2023 annual • Resolution: State
Open the component report for raw drivers and source links.
ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 11 • 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: County
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Related IQ Context
Research Path
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