Component Pressure Score
40
Moderate
Higher is worse (more pressure)
Utility Pressure • City • VA
Amherst 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
62
Elevated
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Burden Pressure Score
37
Moderate
Change Pressure Score
48
Elevated
Offset Strength Score
N/A
Insufficient Data
Median gross rent proxy is $871 with 3.4% year-over-year movement.
Window: 2023 to 2024 • Higher component score = higher pressure
In Amherst, Utility Pressure scores 40 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 3rd highest pressure component locally.
Compared with Amherst County, this component is 10.5 points lower (less pressure).
Current top pressure drivers in Amherst are Income Offset (56, stable) and Insurance Pressure (50, increasing).
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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