Component Pressure Score
74
High Pressure
Higher is worse (more pressure)
Utility Pressure • City • PA
Allentown Utility Pressure
Tracks essential utility-style pressure with gross-rent proxy burden and change dynamics.
Pressure Snapshot
Latest Utility Pressure Signals
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Trend
Increasing
Overall Sustainability Score
37
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Burden Pressure Score
79
High Pressure
Change Pressure Score
62
High Pressure
Offset Strength Score
N/A
Insufficient Data
Median gross rent proxy is $1,383 with 4.3% year-over-year movement.
Window: 2023 to 2024 • Higher component score = higher pressure
In Allentown, Utility Pressure scores 74 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 1st highest pressure component locally.
Compared with Lehigh County, this component is 7.4 points lower (less pressure).
Current top pressure drivers in Allentown are Utility Pressure (74, increasing) and Insurance Pressure (71, stable).
Component Pressure Score
The pressure level for this topic only. Higher means worse pressure in this location.
Trend
The direction this pressure is moving: increasing, stable, or decreasing.
Burden Score
How heavy the cost load is right now, before considering whether it is accelerating.
Change Score
How quickly pressure is rising or easing versus the prior period.
Offset Score
How much local income growth helps absorb pressure. Higher offset means stronger cushion.
Overall Sustainability Score
Net sustainability score for the full model. Higher is better and means lower overall pressure.
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