Porcupine, SD

The affordability dashboard for Porcupine, SD aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 2,048 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of F (32/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $57,785, median home value of -, median rent of - per month, and 5.0% 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.

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. Pressure points are education. Unemployment currently reads 5.0% and poverty 89.5% - numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.