Pressure Rank
#18,992
of 31,254 City reports (1 = highest pressure)
City • NM
Jamestown Cost Pressure Report
This report summarizes household pressure dynamics for Jamestown. Cost pressure is modeled as burden plus change minus offsets, then decomposed into standardized pressure components for media-ready local context.
Media Summary
Shareable Cost Pressure Snapshot
Canonical report URL: /nm/jamestown
Jamestown has a Household Cost Pressure Score of 54, indicating elevated in the current CostPressureIQ model. The latest trend is stable, with leading component pressure from Essential Inflation Pressure (62, stable) and Income Offset (61, decreasing).
State Rank
#331
of 519 NM City reports
Top Driver
Essential Inflation Pressure
62 pressure score
Citation Date
2024-12-31
Methodology v1-acs5-2024
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.
Overall Sustainability Score
54
Elevated
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Stable
National Percentile
61st
Mid-Range
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
What Is Driving Pressure In Jamestown
Jamestown currently has a sustainability score of 54 (Elevated) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 61st (mid-range).
Top current component pressures are Essential Inflation Pressure (62, stable) and Income Offset (61, decreasing).
Compared with McKinley County, Jamestown is 4.6 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Component Breakdown
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Insurance Pressure
Pressure Score: 10 • Trend: Stable
Low Pressure
Owner-cost burden proxy is 10.5% of income with -0.9% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Tax Pressure
Pressure Score: 55 • Trend: Increasing
Elevated
Median real estate taxes are $1,574 with 15.6% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Utility Pressure
Pressure Score: 50 • Trend: Increasing
Elevated
Median gross rent proxy is $859 with 6.0% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Essential Inflation Pressure
Pressure Score: 62 • Trend: Stable
High Pressure
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 21.6% with -1.0% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Income Offset
Pressure Score: 61 • Trend: Decreasing
High Pressure
Median household income is $47,668 with 7.1% year-over-year growth.
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Citation
How To Cite This Index
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.