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Anderson County 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.

Component Pressure Score

65

High Pressure

Higher is worse (more pressure)

Trend

Increasing

Overall Sustainability Score

52

Elevated

Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure

Burden Pressure Score

68

High Pressure

Change Pressure Score

57

Elevated

Offset Strength Score

N/A

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Median gross rent proxy is $989 with 3.9% year-over-year movement.

Window: 2023 to 2024 • Higher component score = higher pressure

In Anderson County, Utility Pressure scores 65 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 1st highest pressure component locally.

Compared with South Carolina, this component is 10.9 points higher (more pressure).

Current top pressure drivers in Anderson County are Utility Pressure (65, increasing) and Essential Inflation Pressure (57, 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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