Gold Hill, OR

The affordability dashboard for Gold Hill, OR aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 4,601 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of D (43/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $72,025, median home value of $450,200, median rent of $1,209 per month, and 22.3% 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 $1,530 per month (studio $1,055, 1BR $1,229, 3BR $2,128, 4BR $2,514). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $13,614 per year, consuming 19% 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. Pressure points are education, housing, childcare. Unemployment currently reads 5.4% and poverty 10.9% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.