Red Boiling Springs, TN

The affordability dashboard for Red Boiling Springs, TN aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 4,894 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of F (22/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $33,047, median home value of $181,300, median rent of $757 per month, and 13.7% 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 $972 per month (studio $847, 1BR $887, 3BR $1,290, 4BR $1,504). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $6,811 per year, consuming 21% 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. Pressure points are income, education, housing, rent, childcare. Unemployment currently reads 9.7% and poverty 28.5% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.