City Economic Stability Profile
Pleasant Valley, TX
Pleasant Valley, TX economic stability profile with standardized national metrics for side-by-side comparison.
Overview
Pleasant Valley, TX economic stability profile with standardized national metrics for side-by-side comparison.
Economic Stability Score
These four signal scores explain how this location's Combined Score is constructed.
Employment Health
45/100
Derived from unemployment and labor force participation signals.
Income Stability
31/100
Derived from household income and poverty trend signals.
Industry Diversification
33/100
Derived from sector concentration and diversification signals.
Population Stability
34/100
Derived from migration balance and population change signals.
Key Drivers
Primary factors currently pushing this location's score higher or lower relative to peers.
- 01Employment Health is currently the strongest signal category at 45/100, contributing the most relative stability.
- 02Income Stability is currently the lowest signal category at 31/100 and is the main area limiting the Combined Score.
- 03Prior-year Combined Score comparison is not available yet.
- 04Trend direction is Improving based on multi-year signal movement rather than single-year changes.
- 05Current as-of year is 2024 using methodology version v1.
Trend Direction
Improving
Trend Direction reflects multi-year signal movement and is intended to reduce one-year volatility noise.
What Changed This Year
Year-over-year change cannot be calculated yet because a prior snapshot is not available for comparison.
Employment Health
No prior-year comparison available yet.
Income Stability
No prior-year comparison available yet.
Industry Diversification
No prior-year comparison available yet.
Population Stability
No prior-year comparison available yet.
Multi-Year Trend
Recent historical Combined Score movement for this location, shown with national percentile context.
| Year | Combined Score | National Percentile | Trend Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36 | 22th | Improving |
State Comparison
State Peer Position
27th percentile
Compared with all cities in TX.
Gap To State Median
-23 percentile points
Positive values indicate above-median economic stability within the state.
National Comparison
National percentile metrics show where this location ranks among same-level U.S. peers.
National Position
22th percentile
Compared with all U.S. cities.
Gap To U.S. Median
-28 percentile points
Computed against the national city distribution.
Methodology Summary
High-level scoring notes for interpretation. Full documentation and historical detail are expanded in later versions.
- Combined Score is calculated from normalized metric percentiles across the four core economic stability signals.
- Trend Direction is calculated from multi-year signal movement with positive and negative indicator handling.
- Comparisons are always level-matched: state vs state, county vs county, and city vs city.
- Current snapshot version is v1 with an as-of year of 2024.
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