West Hickory, PA

The affordability dashboard for West Hickory, PA aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 358 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of F (26/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $35,833, median home value of $156,300, median rent of — per month, and 9.6% 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 $973 per month (studio $708, 1BR $888, 3BR $1,236, 4BR $1,632).

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. Unemployment currently reads 0.0% and poverty 14.5% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.