Warm Springs, OR

The affordability dashboard for Warm Springs, OR aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 3,987 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of D (41/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $57,000, median home value of $240,000, median rent of $551 per month, and 15.2% 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 $1,229 per month (studio $939, 1BR $945, 3BR $1,709, 4BR $1,867). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $10,260 per year, consuming 18% 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 education, housing, childcare. Unemployment currently reads 15.5% and poverty 25.7% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.