Guerneville, CA

The affordability dashboard for Guerneville, CA aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 4,750 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of D (41/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $85,833, median home value of $610,600, median rent of $1,530 per month, and 40.2% 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 $2,827 per month (studio $1,949, 1BR $2,155, 3BR $3,887, 4BR $4,147). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $12,647 per year, consuming 15% 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 housing, commute, rent. Unemployment currently reads 9.5% and poverty 8.7% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.