Overall Sustainability Score
49
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
City • MI
Allendale
This page summarizes financial pressure dynamics for Allendale. 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
Stable
National Percentile
49th
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
What Is Driving Pressure In Allendale
Allendale currently has a sustainability score of 49 (High Pressure) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 49th (weak).
Top current component pressures are Tax Pressure (79, increasing) and Utility Pressure (73, increasing).
Compared with Ottawa County, Allendale is 5.3 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Component Breakdown
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Insurance Pressure
Pressure Score: 40 • Trend: Stable
Moderate
Owner-cost burden proxy is 15.5% of income with -0.6% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Tax Pressure
Pressure Score: 79 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $3,313 with 7.6% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Utility Pressure
Pressure Score: 73 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median gross rent proxy is $1,211 with 5.5% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Essential Inflation Pressure
Pressure Score: 42 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 16.1% with 1.6% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Income Offset
Pressure Score: 21 • Trend: Decreasing
Moderate
Median household income is $90,502 with 3.9% year-over-year growth.
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