Jamesville, NY

The affordability dashboard for Jamesville, NY aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 9,866 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of A- (81/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $119,191, median home value of $313,000, median rent of $1,140 per month, and 51.4% 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 $1,392 per month (studio $995, 1BR $1,123, 3BR $1,691, 4BR $1,848). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $15,028 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 Jamesville, NY include income, education, housing, commute, rent. Unemployment currently reads 7.0% and poverty 5.6% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.