Project NC / Anson County

Polkton

BOTH · Anson CountyDistressedPWSID NC0304030

MISI Score

22.0

Watch

Score Confidence

0.8%

Peer Percentile

57.9th

As of

Apr 23, 2026

EXPLANATION

Score Drivers

MISI score is 22.000 (Watch).
Population Served Decline adds 10 points. Population trend contributes +10: five-year population change is -10.493133%.
Compliance Escalation adds 6.000000 points. Operational compliance contributes +6: 14 violations or enforcement actions have been recorded within the last three years.
Current Drought Severity adds 4 points. Current drought severity contributes +4: USDM severity index is 0.6752 as of 2026-04-14.
Climate Hazard Exposure adds 2 points. Operational climate hazard exposure contributes +2: FEMA NRI composite score is 50.0000.
Missing or unresolved factors: Infrastructure Capital Gap, PFAS Contamination Risk, Project Status Staleness.

MARKET INTERPRETATION

What the data suggests

Polkton is a smaller community water system, serving approximately 838 residents. At the latest reading, Munimetric flags the system as showing early but meaningful signs of structural stress.

The score is being driven mainly by Operational Stress, with Revenue Fragility adding further pressure. The pressure is distributed rather than concentrated in a single dimension.

4 active stress signals are attached to this system, including 2 at high severity. That signal mix points to a system where several warning indicators are firing at once, not just one extreme outlier.

Within its peer cohort, this system ranks around the 58th percentile on measured stress, placing it near the middle of the peer group on measured stress.

Recent score history has been relatively steady, consistent with the system's overall profile.

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.

SCORE STACK

Family Contributions

Operational Stress12.0 / 20.0

Capex Pressure0.0 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility10.0 / 20.0

Rate Constraint0.0 / 20.0

Governance Risk0.0 / 20.0

SL 2020-79

SWIA Assessment History

2024	2023	2022	2021	2019
3	4	9	9	8

ACTIVE SIGNALS

4 Signals

SignificantactiveApr 2, 2026

Population Served Decline

A shrinking served population weakens the customer base and raises infrastructure cost per customer.

Score impact: 10.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility

MaterialactiveApr 3, 2026

Compliance Escalation

Repeated or serious compliance failures often indicate rising operational and infrastructure stress.

Score impact: 6.0 · Family: Operational Stress

EmergingactiveApr 7, 2026

Climate Hazard Exposure

Elevated drought and flood exposure raises outage, source-water, and infrastructure reliability stress.

Score impact: 2.0 · Family: Operational Stress

SignificantactiveApr 7, 2026

Current Drought Severity

Active drought conditions stress source-water availability and treatment operations.

Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress

HISTORY

Score Trend

Latest

22.0

Trend

+22.0

Observations

NC TREASURER FBA

Financial Benchmarks

Population2,091

General Fund Expenditure$857K

Fund Balance Available$3.0M

Fund Balance %348.0%

Cash & Investments$4.8M

Assessed Valuation$49.6M

Tax Rate0.3

Effective Tax Rate0.3

Tax Collection %93.2%

Amount Uncollected$10K

Days Cash on Hand

1656

Days Cash As Of

Jun 30, 2024

Population Served

838

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