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Walworth County Essential Inflation Pressure

Tracks pressure on unavoidable essentials by combining burden and acceleration proxies.

Pressure Snapshot

Latest Essential Inflation 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

36

Moderate

Higher is worse (more pressure)

Trend

Decreasing

Overall Sustainability Score

51

Elevated

Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure

Burden Pressure Score

51

Elevated

Change Pressure Score

10

Low Pressure

Offset Strength Score

N/A

Insufficient Data

Essential burden proxy (gross rent to income) is 17.1% with -7.2% year-over-year movement.

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

In Walworth County, Essential Inflation Pressure scores 36 and is decreasing in the latest window. This is the 5th highest pressure component locally.

Compared with South Dakota, this component is 28.3 points higher (more pressure).

Current top pressure drivers in Walworth County are Insurance Pressure (74, increasing) and Income Offset (46, decreasing).

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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