Greensboro, AL

The affordability dashboard for Greensboro, AL aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 7,419 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of F (22/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $30,518, median home value of $136,100, median rent of $669 per month, and 17.3% 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 $1,169 per month (studio $966, 1BR $972, 3BR $1,490, 4BR $1,548). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $7,050 per year, consuming 23% 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 income, education, housing, commute, rent, childcare. Unemployment currently reads 6.9% and poverty 35.7% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.