Port Royal, SC

The affordability dashboard for Port Royal, SC aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 3,685 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of C (59/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $76,544, median home value of $263,700, median rent of $1,404 per month, and 39.5% 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 $1,816 per month (studio $1,582, 1BR $1,657, 3BR $2,177, 4BR $2,720). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $10,344 per year, consuming 14% 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 0.0% and poverty 13.1% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.