Pennsylvania Furnace, PA

The affordability dashboard for Pennsylvania Furnace, PA aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 1,839 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B- (66/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $77,717, median home value of $270,700, median rent of — per month, and 45.0% 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 $1,406 per month (studio $1,187, 1BR $1,194, 3BR $1,760, 4BR $1,862).

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 Pennsylvania Furnace, PA include education, rent. Unemployment currently reads 0.2% and poverty 4.5% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.