Houston, PA

The affordability dashboard for Houston, PA aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 4,818 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B+ (77/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $92,402, median home value of $247,300, median rent of $1,058 per month, and 37.6% 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 $1,299 per month (studio $1,001, 1BR $1,077, 3BR $1,661, 4BR $1,789).

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 Houston, PA include income, housing, commute, rent. Unemployment currently reads 3.2% and poverty 6.6% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.