Overall Sustainability Score
46
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
City • AK
Harding-Birch Lakes
This page summarizes financial pressure dynamics for Harding-Birch Lakes. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components.
Sustainability Score
Latest Snapshot
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Trend
Decreasing
National Percentile
40th
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
What Is Driving Pressure In Harding-Birch Lakes
Harding-Birch Lakes currently has a sustainability score of 46 (High Pressure) with a decreasing trend direction. National percentile is 40th (weak).
Top current component pressures are Insurance Pressure (69, stable) and Utility Pressure (67, stable).
Compared with Fairbanks North Star County, Harding-Birch Lakes is 5.7 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Component Breakdown
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Insurance Pressure
Pressure Score: 69 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Owner-cost burden proxy is 17.3% of income with 0.6% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Tax Pressure
Pressure Score: 56 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Median real estate taxes are $3,550 with -0.6% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Utility Pressure
Pressure Score: 67 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Median gross rent proxy is $1,459 with 2.5% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Essential Inflation Pressure
Pressure Score: 54 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 19.8% with -1.7% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Income Offset
Pressure Score: 21 • Trend: Decreasing
Moderate
Median household income is $88,267 with 4.2% year-over-year growth.
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