Metro Life Score
Hinesville, GA
Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade C-, 18th percentile of the national corpus.
- 42.1
- Life Score / 100
- C-
- Grade (curved)
- #316
- of 387 metros
- 18%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Hinesville is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #316 of 387 (42.1/100, grade C-, 18th percentile). Carried by childcare at 96/100; held back most by wages at 4/100.
- 18th
- composite percentile
- #316
- of 387 peers
- 47th
- cost dimension percentile
- 4th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · LOWER · BALANCED · signature wages
Hinesville: wage lag defines the peer set
Hinesville is a LOWER-band metro where wages sit at only the 4th percentile (LOW) while cost is MID (47th) and composite #316. Wages at 4/100 is the clearest drag; Childcare (96/100) is the offset. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Hinesville, GA ranks #316 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #206 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 93.9 (rent-RPP 79.5). BLS median salary $55,157, 14,320 jobs (Fast Food and Counter Workers, Retail Salespersons, Cashiers). HUD 2BR FMR $1,406/mo (studio $1,225).
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 Hinesville sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
42 18th percentile higher than 18% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 42.1 is built
Hinesville's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Hinesville 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 Hinesville With...
Ranking Context
Hinesville outranks 18% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #313 | Rochester, NY | 42.2 | C- |
| #314 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 42.2 | C- |
| #315 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 42.2 | C- |
| #316 | Hinesville, GA | 42.1 | C- |
| #317 | Lancaster, PA | 42.1 | C- |
| #318 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 42.1 | C- |
| #319 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 42.0 | C- |
Quality vs. Affordability
Hinesville, GA is bottom 19% lowest-quality nationally and also bottom 47% least 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 Hinesville
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Hinesville (LOWER · BALANCED · MID/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Lancaster, PA
ABS(composite) peer at 42.1 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/LOW.
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
ABS(composite) peer at 42.1 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/LOW.
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
ABS(composite) peer at 42.2 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/LOW.
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
ABS(composite) peer at 42.2 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · BALANCED · MID/LOW.
Cleveland, OH (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 47/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp MID vs this metro's MID.
Sheboygan, WI (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 47/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp MID vs this metro's MID.
Hinesville, GA relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for LOWER · BALANCED · MID/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.
Using Hinesville's bottom-third Life Score
Hinesville scores 42.1/100 overall, but Childcare (95.6) and Wages (3.9) sit 91.7 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Childcare is the strongest of Hinesville'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 low composite is a weighted blend; individual dimensions can still be strong.