Overall Sustainability Score
40
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
County • WA
This page summarizes financial pressure dynamics for Chelan County. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components.
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
40
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Stable
National Percentile
23rd
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
Chelan County currently has a sustainability score of 40 (High Pressure) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 23rd (weak).
Top current component pressures are Tax Pressure (87, increasing) and Utility Pressure (75, increasing).
Compared with Washington, Chelan County is 1.9 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 67 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Owner-cost burden proxy is 16.2% of income with 1.2% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 87 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $3,503 with 8.3% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 75 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median gross rent proxy is $1,226 with 3.7% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 50 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 17.9% with -1.4% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Pressure Score: 19 • Trend: Decreasing
Low Pressure
Median household income is $82,381 with 5.2% year-over-year growth.
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Research Path
Use this location profile as the anchor page, then compare component pages and related geographies before finalizing interpretation. Validate assumptions with methodology and source documentation.