Marysville, MT

The affordability dashboard for Marysville, MT aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 89 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 $99,167, median home value of $287,500, median rent of — per month, and 50.9% 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 $1,647 per month (studio $1,136, 1BR $1,319, 3BR $2,250, 4BR $2,496). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $11,228 per year, consuming 11% 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 Marysville, MT include income, education, rent. Unemployment currently reads 0.0% and poverty 3.8% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.