Sources
Checked October 15, 2026, unless a source names an older data year. Older years are the latest vintage the agency had published, not a guess.
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- American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024). B01003 population, B25064 median gross rent, B19013 median household income, B25077 median home value. Place summary level 160.
- Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places
- Census Bureau 2024 cartographic county boundaries, 1:20,000,000. The county is the one that contains the place's Census mapped center. A place that crosses a county line is not split.
- HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county file
- OMB metropolitan delineation, Census list1, March 2023
- EIA Table 5.6.A average residential electricity price by state (2026-07)
- EIA annual retail gasoline prices, all grades, all formulations, selected states (2025). This EIA annual workbook publishes nine states, not every state. Other states are left blank.
- HHS poverty guidelines for 2026
Last verified 2026-10-15
- USDA FNA SNAP FY 2027 income eligibility standards
Last verified 2026-10-15
- USDA SNAP FY 2027 cost-of-living adjustments memo
Last verified 2026-10-15
- IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32, section 4.06
Last verified 2026-10-15
- SSA SSI Federal Payment Amounts for 2026
Last verified 2026-10-15
- SSA publication 05-10003, 2026 SSI update
Last verified 2026-10-15
- USAC Lifeline consumer eligibility, 2026 poverty guidelines
Last verified 2026-10-15
- FNA Child Nutrition Programs income eligibility guidelines, July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027
Last verified 2026-10-15
The notice multiplies the 2026 poverty guidelines by 1.30 and 1.85 and rounds up to the next dollar. For these guidelines the products are already whole dollars.
- WIC income standard, 7 CFR 246.7, applied to the 2026 HHS poverty guidelines
Last verified 2026-10-15
- ACF LIHEAP IM-2026-01
Last verified 2026-10-15
- Congressional Research Service, Enhanced Premium Tax Credit and 2026 Exchange Premiums
Last verified 2026-10-15
Enhanced premium tax credits expired January 1, 2026. The pre-enhancement 100–400 percent of poverty range is used. Premium dollar amounts are not estimated.
- KFF Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions, as of October 2026
Last verified 2026-10-15
- IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32 and the IRS 2026 inflation announcement
Last verified 2026-10-15
- SSA, maximum taxable earnings for 2026
Last verified 2026-10-15
- BEA Regional Price Parities by state and metro area, 2024 (released February 19, 2026)
Last verified 2026-10-15
MARPP and SARPP ZIP files from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/MARPP.zip and SARPP.zip. Index, United States = 100.
- Tax Foundation, state and local sales tax rates as of January 1, 2026
Last verified 2026-10-15
- Tax Foundation, state individual income tax rates and brackets as of January 1, 2026
Last verified 2026-10-15
Some bracket widths and deduction amounts were still prior-year inflation figures when Tax Foundation published. See that article's footnotes. Phase-outs, recapture, and federal-tax deductibility are not fully modeled.
- Effective rate computed for Cost & Benefits from ACS 2024 1-year B25103_001E / B25077_001E
Last verified 2026-10-15
Median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value for owner-occupied units. This is not a statutory millage and is not the Tax Foundation aggregate method.
- Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, CBSA totals, Vintage 2024
Last verified 2026-10-15
- HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county file FY27_FMRs.xlsx
Last verified 2026-10-15
Gross rent (rent plus utilities) at the 40th percentile for the HUD FMR area that matches the metro's principal city. A metro split into several HUD areas is not averaged.
- Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates
Last verified 2026-10-15
B25064 median gross rent, B19013 median household income, B25077 median home value, B25103 median real estate taxes, S0801_C01_046E mean travel time to work.