Scammon Bay, AK

The affordability dashboard for Scammon Bay, AK aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 480 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of F (20/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $41,607, median home value of —, median rent of — per month, and 6.9% 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 income, education. Unemployment currently reads 28.3% and poverty 46.6% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.