Pressure Rank
#11,335
of 31,254 City reports (1 = highest pressure)
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
City • PA
This report summarizes household pressure dynamics for Jermyn. 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: /pa/jermyn
Jermyn has a Household Cost Pressure Score of 44, indicating high pressure 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
#11,335
of 31,254 City reports (1 = highest pressure)
State Rank
#416
of 1,886 PA City 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
44
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Trend
Stable
National Percentile
37th
Weak
Higher percentile is better (less pressure than peers)
Local Narrative
Jermyn currently has a sustainability score of 44 (High Pressure) with a stable trend direction. National percentile is 37th (weak).
Top current component pressures are Tax Pressure (64, increasing) and Income Offset (59, stable).
Compared with Lackawanna County, Jermyn is 5.6 points higher on sustainability (lower overall pressure).
Pressure Components
Higher component score = higher pressure
INSURANCE_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 50 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Owner-cost burden proxy is 16.5% of income with -1.2% year-over-year movement.
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TAX_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 64 • Trend: Increasing
High Pressure
Median real estate taxes are $3,012 with 3.5% year-over-year movement.
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UTILITY_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 53 • Trend: Increasing
Elevated
Median gross rent proxy is $1,007 with 3.5% year-over-year movement.
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ESSENTIAL_INFLATION_PRESSURE
Pressure Score: 55 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 18.2% with 1.1% year-over-year movement.
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INCOME_OFFSET
Pressure Score: 59 • Trend: Stable
Elevated
Median household income is $66,223 with 2.4% 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.