Component Pressure Score
49
Elevated
Higher is worse (more pressure)
Utility Pressure • City • TX
Alton Utility Pressure
Tracks essential utility-style pressure with gross-rent proxy burden and change dynamics.
Pressure Snapshot
Latest Utility Pressure Signals
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Trend
Increasing
Overall Sustainability Score
45
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Burden Pressure Score
50
Elevated
Change Pressure Score
48
Elevated
Offset Strength Score
N/A
Insufficient Data
Median gross rent proxy is $957 with 3.5% year-over-year movement.
Window: 2023 to 2024 • Higher component score = higher pressure
In Alton, Utility Pressure scores 49 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 4th highest pressure component locally.
Compared with Hidalgo County, this component is 11.2 points lower (less pressure).
Current top pressure drivers in Alton are Income Offset (64, decreasing) and Essential Inflation Pressure (63, 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.
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