Component Pressure Score
43
Elevated
Higher is worse (more pressure)
U.S. Cost Pressure by Location
Burden • Change • Offset
Utility Pressure • City • WV
Tracks essential utility-style pressure with gross-rent proxy burden and change dynamics.
Pressure Snapshot
2024-12-31
Scale direction: Sustainability Score 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure. Pressure Score 0 = low pressure, 100 = high pressure.
Component Pressure Score
43
Elevated
Higher is worse (more pressure)
Trend
Increasing
Overall Sustainability Score
44
High Pressure
Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure
Burden Pressure Score
36
Moderate
Change Pressure Score
58
Elevated
Offset Strength Score
N/A
Insufficient Data
Median gross rent proxy is $868 with 4.1% year-over-year movement.
Window: 2023 to 2024 • Higher component score = higher pressure
In Alderson, Utility Pressure scores 43 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 4th highest pressure component locally.
Compared with Greenbrier County, this component is 9.5 points lower (less pressure).
Current top pressure drivers in Alderson are Income Offset (93, increasing) and Essential Inflation Pressure (86, 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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