Spring Mills, PA

The affordability dashboard for Spring Mills, PA aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 3,945 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of C- (51/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $71,250, median home value of $307,700, median rent of $945 per month, and 31.3% 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 $1,406 per month (studio $1,187, 1BR $1,194, 3BR $1,760, 4BR $1,862).

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 housing, commute. Unemployment currently reads 2.2% and poverty 7.2% - numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.