Pressure Rank
#1,737
of 3,213 County reports (1 = highest pressure)
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
County • WI
This report summarizes household pressure dynamics for Burnett 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: /wi/burnett-county
Burnett County has a Household Cost Pressure Score of 51, indicating elevated in the current CostPressureIQ model. The latest trend is stable, with leading component pressure from Tax Pressure (64, increasing) and Income Offset (59, stable).
Pressure Rank
#1,737
of 3,213 County reports (1 = highest pressure)
State Rank
#45
of 72 WI County reports
Top Driver
Tax Pressure
64 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
51
Elevated
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Stable
National Percentile
54th
Mid-Range
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
Burnett County currently has a sustainability score of 51 (Elevated) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 54th (mid-range).
Top current component pressures are Tax Pressure (64, increasing) and Income Offset (59, stable).
Compared with Wisconsin, Burnett County is 4.5 points lower on sustainability (higher overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 57 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Owner-cost burden proxy is 16.5% of income with -1.8% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 64 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $2,140 with 4.3% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 30 • Trend: Stable
Moderate
Median gross rent proxy is $771 with 1.7% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 31 • Trend: Stable
Moderate
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 14.7% with -0.2% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Pressure Score: 59 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Median household income is $62,819 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.