Metro Life Score
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
Below-median composite Life Score — grade C, 27th percentile of the national corpus.
- 44.7
- Life Score / 100
- C
- Grade (curved)
- #283
- of 387 metros
- 27%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Greenville-Anderson-Greer is below-median composite Life Score — #283 of 387 (44.7/100, grade C, 27th percentile). Carried by childcare at 70/100; held back most by environment at 8/100.
- 27th
- composite percentile
- #283
- of 387 peers
- 52nd
- cost dimension percentile
- 51st
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · LOWER · BALANCED · signature composite
Greenville-Anderson-Greer: bottom-third composite — where the drag concentrates
Greenville-Anderson-Greer sits in the bottom third of the metro corpus on composite (#283 of 387, 44.7/100, 27th percentile). Stamps LOWER · BALANCED; Environment at 8/100 is the main drag; Childcare (70/100) keeps the floor. Cost/wage marks MID/MID. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks #283 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #185 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 93.3 (rent-RPP 76.8). BLS median salary $64,232, 423,180 jobs (Fast Food and Counter Workers, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Retail Salespersons). HUD 2BR FMR $1,173/mo (studio $1,022).
FBI UCR (SC): 439 violent, 1988 property/100K. NCES: 14.3:1 ratio, 7.2% charter. DOL infant childcare $7,732/yr. EPA: 34 Superfund sites (SC).
Where Greenville-Anderson-Greer sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
45 27th percentile higher than 27% 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are SC state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Greenville-Anderson-Greer With...
Ranking Context
Greenville-Anderson-Greer outranks 27% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #280 | Corvallis, OR | 44.8 | C |
| #281 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 44.8 | C |
| #282 | Bellingham, WA | 44.9 | C |
| #283 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 44.7 | C |
| #284 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 44.7 | C |
| #285 | Asheville, NC | 44.6 | C |
| #286 | Sherman-Denison, TX | 44.6 | C |
SC Metro Scores
Read with Greenville-Anderson-Greer
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Greenville-Anderson-Greer (LOWER · BALANCED · MID/MID), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
ABS(composite) peer at 44.7 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/MID.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
ABS(composite) peer at 44.8 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/MID.
Corvallis, OR
ABS(composite) peer at 44.8 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/MID.
Asheville, NC
ABS(composite) peer at 44.6 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/MID.
Lebanon, PA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 53/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp MID vs this metro's MID.
Morgantown, WV (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 52/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp MID vs this metro's MID.
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for LOWER · BALANCED · MID/MID - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.