U.S. Cost Pressure by Location

Burden • Change • Offset

Utility PressureCountyWV

Clay 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

36

Moderate

Higher is worse (more pressure)

Trend

Increasing

Overall Sustainability Score

58

Elevated

Scale: 0 = highest pressure, 100 = lowest pressure

Burden Pressure Score

9

Low Pressure

Change Pressure Score

94

High Pressure

Offset Strength Score

N/A

Insufficient Data

Median gross rent proxy is $651 with 10.5% year-over-year movement.

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

In Clay County, Utility Pressure scores 36 and is increasing in the latest window. This is the 3rd highest pressure component locally.

Compared with West Virginia, this component is 29.6 points higher (more pressure).

Current top pressure drivers in Clay County are Income Offset (91, increasing) and Essential Inflation Pressure (78, 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.

Related Components

Other Pressure Pages For Clay County

Research Path

Continue From Utility Pressure

Compare this component page against the full location profile and then expand to peer geographies to verify whether this pressure pattern is local, county-wide, state-wide, or broader.