Port Royal, KY

The affordability dashboard for Port Royal, KY aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 64 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of C+ (60/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $66,635, median home value of $212,500, median rent of — per month, and 29.7% 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 $1,272 per month (studio $966, 1BR $1,047, 3BR $1,625, 4BR $1,891). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $8,269 per year, consuming 12% 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. Unemployment currently reads 100.0% and poverty 8.1% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.