Metro Life Score
Enid, OK *
Top-quartile composite Life Score — grade B+, 80th percentile of the national corpus.
- 58.0
- Life Score / 100
- B+
- Grade (curved)
- #76
- of 387 metros
- 80%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Enid is top-quartile composite Life Score — #76 of 387 (58.0/100, grade B+, 80th percentile). Carried by cost of living at 99/100; held back most by wages at 1/100.
- 80th
- composite percentile
- #76
- of 387 peers
- 99th
- cost dimension percentile
- 1st
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · UPPER · COST-LED · signature cost
Enid: affordability leads the Life Score story
Enid is a UPPER-band metro whose cost dimension sits at the 99th percentile of 387 US metros (FLOOR) while composite is #76 (58.0/100, grade B+). Cost of Living at 99/100 carries the upside; Wages at 1/100 is the residual drag. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Enid, OK * ranks #76 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #5 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 84.3 (rent-RPP 51.4). BLS median salary $50,980, 17,890 jobs (Registered Nurses, Cashiers, Retail Salespersons). HUD 2BR FMR $1,027/mo (studio $785).
FBI UCR (OK): 428 violent, 2008 property/100K. NCES: 15.4:1 ratio, 3.5% charter. DOL infant childcare $10,666/yr. EPA: 18 Superfund sites (OK).
Where Enid sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
58 Top 20% higher than 80% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 58.0 is built
Enid's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Enid scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are OK state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Enid With...
Ranking Context
Enid outranks 80% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #73 | Jackson, MS | 58.1 | B+ |
| #74 | Gadsden, AL | 58.1 | B+ |
| #75 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 58.1 | B+ |
| #76 | Enid, OK * | 58.0 | B+ |
| #77 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 58.0 | B+ |
| #78 | Anniston-Oxford, AL | 57.7 | B+ |
| #79 | Bismarck, ND | 57.6 | B+ |
Quality vs. Affordability
Enid, OK * is top 20% highest-quality nationally and also top 1% most affordable -- a rarer combination among its composite-quality peers, where overall rank and affordability rank usually diverge more than this.
OK Metro Scores
Read with Enid
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Enid (UPPER · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
ABS(composite) peer at 58.0 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
ABS(composite) peer at 58.1 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Gadsden, AL
ABS(composite) peer at 58.1 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Jackson, MS
ABS(composite) peer at 58.1 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Hammond, LA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 99/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Texarkana, TX-AR (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 99/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Enid, OK * relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for UPPER · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.
Using Enid's top-third Life Score
Enid scores 58.0/100 overall, but Cost of Living (99.0) and Wages (0.5) sit 98.4 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Cost of Living is the strongest of Enid's seven dimensions (weighted 20% 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
- Lawton is the nearest comparison this page can offer; put the two side by side on the same seven dimensions. Compare with Lawton
A high composite is a weighted blend; it does not mean every dimension is strong.