Metro Life Score
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade C-, 19th percentile of the national corpus.
- 42.2
- Life Score / 100
- C-
- Grade (curved)
- #313
- of 387 metros
- 19%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Atlantic City-Hammonton is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #313 of 387 (42.2/100, grade C-, 19th percentile). Carried by safety at 90/100; held back most by schools at 2/100.
- 19th
- composite percentile
- #313
- of 387 peers
- 25th
- cost dimension percentile
- 84th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · LOWER · SAFE-LED · signature wages
Atlantic City-Hammonton: pay power is the signature
Atlantic City-Hammonton stamps LOWER · SAFE-LED with wages at the 84th percentile of the metro corpus (HIGH) — ahead of its cost mark (DEAR, 25th) and composite #313. Safety (90/100) amplifies the lead; Schools (2/100) is the residual gap. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ranks #313 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #290 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 98.9 (rent-RPP 98.7). BLS median salary $73,017, 161,030 jobs (Waiters and Waitresses, Cashiers, Fast Food and Counter Workers). HUD 2BR FMR $1,867/mo (studio $1,346).
FBI UCR (NJ): 216 violent, 1396 property/100K. NCES: 11.8:1 ratio, 3.3% charter. DOL infant childcare $15,732/yr. EPA: 153 Superfund sites (NJ).
Where Atlantic City-Hammonton sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
42 19th percentile higher than 19% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
Dimension detail
How Atlantic City-Hammonton scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are NJ state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Atlantic City-Hammonton With...
Ranking Context
Atlantic City-Hammonton outranks 19% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #310 | Reading, PA | 42.4 | C- |
| #311 | Redding, CA | 42.5 | C- |
| #312 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | 42.5 | C- |
| #313 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 42.2 | C- |
| #314 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 42.2 | C- |
| #315 | Rochester, NY | 42.2 | C- |
| #316 | Hinesville, GA | 42.1 | C- |
NJ Metro Scores
Read with Atlantic City-Hammonton
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Atlantic City-Hammonton (LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
ABS(composite) peer at 42.2 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.
Rochester, NY
ABS(composite) peer at 42.2 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.
Hinesville, GA
ABS(composite) peer at 42.1 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.
Lancaster, PA
ABS(composite) peer at 42.1 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.
Charlottesville, VA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 25/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Santa Fe, NM (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 25/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.