Pressure Rank
#2,836
of 3,213 County reports (1 = highest pressure)
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
County • TX
This report summarizes household pressure dynamics for Collingsworth County. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components for media-ready local context.
Media Summary
Canonical report URL: /tx/collingsworth-county
Collingsworth County has a Household Cost Pressure Score of 66, indicating manageable in the current CostPressureIQ model. The latest trend is stable, with leading component pressure from Income Offset (62, stable) and Essential Inflation Pressure (47, increasing).
Pressure Rank
#2,836
of 3,213 County reports (1 = highest pressure)
State Rank
#223
of 254 TX County reports
Top Driver
Income Offset
62 pressure score
Citation Date
2024-12-31
Methodology v1-acs5-2024
Sustainability Score
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Overall Sustainability Score
66
Manageable
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Stable
National Percentile
88th
Strong
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
Collingsworth County currently has a sustainability score of 66 (Manageable) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 88th (strong).
Top current component pressures are Income Offset (62, stable) and Essential Inflation Pressure (47, increasing).
Compared with Texas, Collingsworth County is 30.5 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 2 • Trend: Decreasing
Low Pressure
Owner-cost burden proxy is 11.4% of income with -8.8% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 28 • Trend: Decreasing
Moderate
Median real estate taxes are $1,314 with -4.6% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 43 • Trend: Increasing
Elevated
Median gross rent proxy is $714 with 15.3% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 47 • Trend: Increasing
Elevated
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 14.0% with 13.2% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Pressure Score: 62 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Median household income is $61,280 with 1.9% year-over-year growth.
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Citation
Cite as: CostPressureIQ Household Cost Pressure Index, methodology v1-acs5-2024, snapshot 2024-12-31, covering 34,519 U.S. geographies.
Snapshot Date
2024-12-31
Methodology Version
v1-acs5-2024
Coverage
34,519 geographies
Source note: current launch scores use ACS-backed burden, movement, and income-offset proxies. Utility, insurance, and essential burden categories are bridge signals until more granular nationally consistent public datasets are added.