Metro Life Score
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade F, 2nd percentile of the national corpus.
- 34.5
- Life Score / 100
- F
- Grade (curved)
- #380
- of 387 metros
- 2%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #380 of 387 (34.5/100, grade F, 2nd percentile). Carried by wages at 90/100; held back most by cost of living at 3/100.
- 2nd
- composite percentile
- #380
- of 387 peers
- 3rd
- cost dimension percentile
- 90th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE · signature composite
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh: bottom-third composite — where the drag concentrates
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh sits in the bottom third of the metro corpus on composite (#380 of 387, 34.5/100, 2nd percentile). Stamps BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE; Cost of Living at 3/100 is the main drag; Wages (90/100) keeps the floor. Cost/wage marks CEILING/PEAK. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY ranks #380 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #376 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 109.4 (rent-RPP 115.8). BLS median salary $75,340, 258,260 jobs (Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Retail Salespersons, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand). HUD 2BR FMR $1,979/mo (studio $1,364).
FBI UCR (NY): 380 violent, 1661 property/100K. NCES: 11.4:1 ratio, 7.1% charter. DOL infant childcare $13,869/yr. EPA: 122 Superfund sites (NY).
Where Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
35 2nd percentile higher than 2% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 34.5 is built
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are NY state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh With...
Ranking Context
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh outranks 2% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #377 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 35.2 | F |
| #378 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 35.4 | F |
| #379 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 35.4 | F |
| #380 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 34.5 | F |
| #381 | Bozeman, MT | 33.5 | F |
| #382 | Kingston, NY | 33.3 | F |
| #383 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 33.0 | F |
Quality vs. Affordability
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY's quality rank (bottom 2% lowest-quality) and affordability rank (bottom 3% least affordable) sit close together -- an unusually proportionate metro where overall quality and cost-of-living move together.
NY Metro Scores
Read with Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh (BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
ABS(composite) peer at 35.2 (Δ 0.7 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade F vs this page's BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.
Kahului-Wailuku, HI
ABS(composite) peer at 35.4 (Δ 0.9 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade F vs this page's BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
ABS(composite) peer at 35.4 (Δ 0.9 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade F vs this page's BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.
Bozeman, MT
ABS(composite) peer at 33.5 (Δ 1.0 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade F vs this page's BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 3/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CEILING vs this metro's CEILING.
Salinas, CA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 3/100 (Δ 1); cost stamp CEILING vs this metro's CEILING.
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for BOTTOM · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.
Using Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh's bottom-third Life Score
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh scores 34.5/100 overall, but Wages (89.9) and Cost of Living (2.8) sit 87.0 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Wages is the strongest of Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh'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
- Cost of Living is the weakest (weighted 20% in the composite); if it is a dealbreaker, weigh it before the ranking does. Rank metros on the composite
- Binghamton is the nearest comparison this page can offer; put the two side by side on the same seven dimensions. Compare with Binghamton
A low composite is a weighted blend; individual dimensions can still be strong.