What is the Munimetric score for Kinston, NC?

The current Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score for Kinston, NC is 42.6 out of 100, placing this system in the fragile stress band. MISI is a composite of five structural risk families. Higher values indicate more stress. The score is deterministic, source-backed, and updated as new data becomes available.

Does Kinston, NC show signs of drinking-water infrastructure stress?

Munimetric monitors structural stress indicators for Kinston, NC across operational conditions, capital needs, revenue stability, rate affordability, and governance quality. The current MISI score and active signals shown in this profile reflect the latest available evidence from EPA, ACS, FEMA NRI, and state financial disclosures.

Does Munimetric rate current tap-water conditions for Kinston, NC?

No. Munimetric is not a water testing service and does not make current-condition determinations. This profile tracks structural conditions: compliance posture, financial pressure, infrastructure stress, and governance quality. For current water quality testing results, consult the system's Consumer Confidence Report or contact the local water utility.

Has Kinston, NC had a boil water advisory?

Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisory status, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. This profile tracks structural risk indicators and compliance history that provide long-term context around system reliability.

Are lead pipes or corrosion risk a concern in Kinston, NC?

Where EPA SDWA compliance data includes lead and copper rule monitoring, violations, or enforcement actions, that information feeds into the Operational Stress component of the MISI score. Munimetric does not fabricate lead pipe data where public records are silent.

Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Kinston, NC?

Where stored public records include UCMR or contaminant-monitoring summaries, Munimetric displays PFAS monitoring context as public-record evidence. Missing PFAS summaries are treated as missing records, not as non-detections. This context does not change MISI by itself.

What source-water context is available for Kinston, NC?

Munimetric displays stored source-water and supply context where public drinking-water identity records are available. Source-water context helps explain treatment and supply exposure, but missing source records remain explicit rather than inferred.

Why might water rates be increasing in Kinston, NC?

Rate pressure can reflect capital investment needs, a declining customer base, revenue fragility, affordability constraints, or parent-government fiscal stress. The Rate Constraint and Revenue Fragility score families specifically measure these pressures where data is available from public financial disclosures.

What does the MISI score mean for Kinston, NC?

The MISI score (42.6/100) is a composite measure of structural risk across five families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. The current methodology also downweights factors that are nearly universal or very rare in the frozen national reference population, so one common contextual factor does not dominate the headline by itself. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. It is deterministic and source-backed, not a credit rating.

Munimetric Water System Profile

Kinston, NC

Name: Kinston, NC Water System Stress Profile
Creator: Munimetric
License: https://munimetric.com/terms

Drinking Water Infrastructure Profile

Munimetric analysis of drinking water infrastructure in Kinston, NC, North Carolina, including MISI stress score, active signals, and peer-relative monitoring context. This profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

Kinston, NC has a MISI infrastructure stress score of 42.6/100 in the Fragile band as of 2026-05-19. Public records show surface-water sourcing, PFAS monitoring context, lead and copper compliance context and approximately 20,500 residents served. Updated May 2026.

FragileScore date May 19, 2026Methodology v0.1.2

State context

Current market shown in covered state context. Tile size reflects population served; color reflects stress band.

42.6Headline composite

FragileBand

76%Confidence

~21KPop. served

P96Peer percentile

15Active signals

Current headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress33.4 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress9.2 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress0.0 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

42.6/100 headline compositeFragile76% confidencedrinking_water::community_water_system::under_25k::surface_water~21K people served

Monitoring context stored

Water Quality & Supply Context

Public-record context for this system. Stored monitoring and compliance records only. Does not change MISI.

Public records

Records presentNCPWSID NC0524001.

Recent violations

0 recordsNo recent categories listed.

Enforcement records

0 recordsNo stored enforcement rows.

PFAS monitoring records

1 detection8.50 ng/LStored PFAS monitoring records list 2 samples and 1 detection.

Lead/copper monitoring records

Records stored2 samplesStored lead/copper records list 0 open LCR violations and 0 action-level records.

Source / supply context

Surface waterIdentity20,500 served; Mar 1, 2026.

Not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Use official utility or state program records for current advisories.

Official records

Public drinking-water profileEPA ECHO / SDWIS: Federal public system profile and compliance summary.
Enforcement historyEPA ECHO: Federal compliance and enforcement detail for this drinking-water system.
State drinking-water programNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality: State drinking-water program home page.

Source notes

Methodology/source notesDisplayed from stored public drinking-water records and official program references. This layer does not change MISI.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: PFAS context uses stored contaminant-monitoring summaries where available; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
Methodology/source notesOfficial annual consumer-confidence report links are not currently stored in this profile layer.

Executive context

What the Data Suggests

As a community water provider for roughly 20,500 residents, Kinston, NC falls into the smaller tier of scored systems. The current reading places the system in a zone of moderate-to-elevated stress that goes beyond normal operating variation.

The score is being driven mainly by Capex Pressure, which is at the top of its range in the model, with Operational Stress adding further pressure. In other words, Capex Pressure is doing most of the heavy lifting in the headline score.

10 active stress signals are attached to this system, including 3 at high severity. That signal mix points to a system where several warning indicators are firing at once, not just one extreme outlier.

Within Community · < 25k · Surface, this system ranks around the 96th percentile on measured stress, placing it near the top of peer-group stress.

Recent observations suggest the system has been relatively steady rather than sharply improving or deteriorating — the current picture looks more like persistent underlying pressure than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Analytical posture

Market Stress Analytics

Family Contribution

MISI family contributions for this market.

Peer Position

Where Kinston sits within its peer cohort.

AvailableMissing

Score History

Latest

42.6

Trend

+35.6

Observations

Structural Indicators

Operational Stress9.4 / 20.0

Operational Stress totals 9.355 points, led by climate hazard exposure.

Capex Pressure20.0 / 20.0

Capex Pressure totals 20.000 points, led by infrastructure capital gap.

Revenue Fragility4.0 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility totals 4.044 points, led by days cash on hand.

Rate Constraint0.0 / 20.0

Rate Constraint totals 0.000 points with no triggered factors.

Governance Risk9.2 / 20.0

Governance Risk totals 9.157 points, led by parent-government fiscal stress.

Stress movement

Diagnostics

Diagnostics & Movement

Compact status for confidence, data coverage, disclosure freshness, and stored score movement. Detailed diagnostic history remains available below.

Confidence

76%

Confidence is mainly capped by missing factor coverage.

Factor coverage

Complete

All tracked confidence factors are currently available.

Disclosure freshness

Not available

No attached disclosure document has a usable reference date. Some profile sections are selectively summarized because confidence is currently medium.

Latest movement

flat 0.0

Compared with May 17, 2026.

Last material movement

+3.9

Recorded May 1, 2026.

History

50 observations stored

Latest stored observation May 19, 2026.

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Expanded stress diagnostics

Open detailed contribution diagnostics

No detailed factor diagnostics are stored for this profile snapshot.

Confidence summary

Confidence is mainly capped by missing factor coverage.

Missing factor coverage

No factor gaps are recorded on the latest stored score.

Disclosure freshness diagnostics

0 attached local documents · 0 structured facts

No attached disclosure document has a usable reference date. Some profile sections are selectively summarized because confidence is currently medium.

Latest reference Not available · stale after Not available

Score movement

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Previous run May 17, 2026

May 19, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 17, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 10, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 9, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 8, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 7, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 6, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 5, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 4, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 3, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 2, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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May 1, 2026

Score 42.6 in band fragile. Confidence 76%.

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Apr 30, 2026

Score 38.7 in band watch. Confidence 98%.

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Apr 29, 2026

Score 38.7 in band watch. Confidence 98%.

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Apr 28, 2026

Score 38.7 in band watch. Confidence 98%.

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Apr 27, 2026

Score 38.7 in band watch. Confidence 98%.

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