Blue Creek, OH

The affordability dashboard for Blue Creek, OH aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 1,559 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B- (68/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $67,614, median home value of $182,700, median rent of $686 per month, and 35.8% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $973 per month (studio $736, 1BR $785, 3BR $1,220, 4BR $1,288). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $9,025 per year, consuming 13% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Blue Creek, OH include housing, rent. Unemployment currently reads 1.0% and poverty 33.6% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.