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Old 11-25-2023, 06:34 PM
 
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I noticed on Mod cut. that Carbondale was given a D. Unfortunately, there's no information on the metrics used Does anyone know why Carbondale Housing stock gets so lowly rated? Tia to all who reply.

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Old 11-26-2023, 09:06 AM
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I don't see a D grade on any of their 12 categories.
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Old 11-26-2023, 11:55 AM
 
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It would help if you posted a link to what you are talking about.
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Old 11-30-2023, 04:41 PM
 
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I took a cursory look for any explanation of the methodology of the housing score and didn't find anything. I pulled up a bunch of other towns in Central IL that I'm familiar with, and looked at the Housing scores. All were higher than Carbondale. What did stand out to me was that Carbondale had the highest rent : own ratio in the "Real Estate" section. While I think there's more behind the letter score than that ratio, I noticed a pretty strong correlation.
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Old 12-09-2023, 11:52 PM
 
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Looking at Mod cut. methodology at the link below, I see some things causing the low housing grade.

The median home value ($117,000) is 4.78 times higher than the median household income ($24,452). The median rent ($726/mo) is 36% of the monthly median gross income. Niche shows that 73% of housing is renter-occupied and 27% owner-occupied. The places on the Niche Best Places list have much higher owner-occupied housing percentages than Carbondale.

Statistically, there is a lot of violent crime and property crime in Carbondale.

The local public schools receive low grades on the Illinois Report Cards.

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