North Bend, PA

The affordability dashboard for North Bend, PA aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 557 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B- (65/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $66,528, median home value of $130,900, median rent of $871 per month, and 26.7% 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 $995 per month (studio $770, 1BR $775, 3BR $1,258, 4BR $1,669).

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 North Bend, PA include housing, rent. Unemployment currently reads 6.8% and poverty 16.3% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.