Yorktown, IN

The affordability dashboard for Yorktown, IN aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 7,030 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B+ (75/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $78,125, median home value of $175,000, median rent of $910 per month, and 33.7% 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 $1,043 per month (studio $803, 1BR $845, 3BR $1,349, 4BR $1,685).

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. Strengths visible in the raw data for Yorktown, IN include housing, rent. Unemployment currently reads 1.8% and poverty 5.2% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.