Metro Life Score
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
Above-median composite Life Score — grade B, 64th percentile of the national corpus.
- 53.0
- Life Score / 100
- B
- Grade (curved)
- #138
- of 387 metros
- 64%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Brunswick-St. Simons is above-median composite Life Score — #138 of 387 (53.0/100, grade B, 64th percentile). Carried by childcare at 97/100; held back most by wages at 7/100.
- 64th
- composite percentile
- #138
- of 387 peers
- 88th
- cost dimension percentile
- 7th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · MID · BALANCED · signature wages
Brunswick-St. Simons: wage lag defines the peer set
Brunswick-St. Simons is a MID-band metro where wages sit at only the 7th percentile (LOW) while cost is FLOOR (88th) and composite #138. Wages at 7/100 is the clearest drag; Childcare (97/100) is the offset. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Brunswick-St. Simons, GA ranks #138 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #46 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 87.7 (rent-RPP 56.3). BLS median salary $56,638, 39,810 jobs (Retail Salespersons, Fast Food and Counter Workers, Waiters and Waitresses). HUD 2BR FMR $1,293/mo (studio $1,035).
FBI UCR (GA): 300 violent, 1567 property/100K. NCES: 13.8:1 ratio, 4.0% charter. DOL infant childcare $6,591/yr. EPA: 23 Superfund sites (GA).
Where Brunswick-St. Simons sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
53 64th percentile higher than 64% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 53.0 is built
Brunswick-St. Simons's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Brunswick-St. Simons scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are GA state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Brunswick-St. Simons With...
Ranking Context
Brunswick-St. Simons outranks 64% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #135 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 53.1 | B |
| #136 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 53.2 | B |
| #137 | El Paso, TX | 53.3 | B |
| #138 | Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 53.0 | B |
| #139 | Binghamton, NY | 53.0 | B |
| #140 | Homosassa Springs, FL | 53.0 | B |
| #141 | Eau Claire, WI | 52.9 | B |
Quality vs. Affordability
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA is top 36% highest-quality nationally and also top 12% most affordable -- a rarer combination among its composite-quality peers, where overall rank and affordability rank usually diverge more than this.
GA Metro Scores
Read with Brunswick-St. Simons
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Brunswick-St. Simons (MID · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Binghamton, NY
ABS(composite) peer at 53.0 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
Homosassa Springs, FL
ABS(composite) peer at 53.0 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
Eau Claire, WI
ABS(composite) peer at 52.9 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
Madison, WI
ABS(composite) peer at 52.9 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
Tuscaloosa, AL (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 88/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Farmington, NM (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 89/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for MID · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.
Using Brunswick-St. Simons's middle-third Life Score
Brunswick-St. Simons scores 53.0/100 overall, but Childcare (96.8) and Wages (7.3) sit 89.5 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Childcare is the strongest of Brunswick-St. Simons's seven dimensions (weighted 10% in the composite); if it is your priority, this is where the metro earns its rank. See all seven dimensions
- Wages is the weakest (weighted 20% in the composite); if it is a dealbreaker, weigh it before the ranking does. Rank metros on the composite
- Dalton is the nearest comparison this page can offer; put the two side by side on the same seven dimensions. Compare with Dalton
A middle-third composite is a weighted blend; individual dimensions can sit well above or below it.