Metro Life Score
Lebanon, PA
Below-median composite Life Score — grade C, 25th percentile of the national corpus.
- 44.4
- Life Score / 100
- C
- Grade (curved)
- #289
- of 387 metros
- 25%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Lebanon is below-median composite Life Score — #289 of 387 (44.4/100, grade C, 25th percentile). Carried by safety at 75/100; held back most by schools at 20/100.
- 25th
- composite percentile
- #289
- of 387 peers
- 52nd
- cost dimension percentile
- 27th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · LOWER · SAFE-LED · signature composite
Lebanon: bottom-third composite — where the drag concentrates
Lebanon sits in the bottom third of the metro corpus on composite (#289 of 387, 44.4/100, 25th percentile). Stamps LOWER · SAFE-LED; Schools at 20/100 is the main drag; Safety (75/100) keeps the floor. Cost/wage marks MID/LOW. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Lebanon, PA ranks #289 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #184 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 93.2 (rent-RPP 66.0). BLS median salary $60,558, 46,280 jobs (Stockers and Order Fillers, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Fast Food and Counter Workers). HUD 2BR FMR $1,411/mo (studio $1,035).
FBI UCR (PA): 250 violent, 1457 property/100K. NCES: 13.0:1 ratio, 6.0% charter. EPA: 127 Superfund sites (PA).
Where Lebanon sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
44 25th percentile higher than 25% of 387 US metros
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US metros. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 44.4 is built
Lebanon's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Lebanon scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are PA state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Lebanon With...
Ranking Context
Lebanon outranks 25% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #286 | Syracuse, NY | 44.6 | C |
| #287 | Sherman-Denison, TX | 44.6 | C |
| #288 | Asheville, NC | 44.6 | C |
| #289 | Lebanon, PA | 44.4 | C |
| #290 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 44.4 | C |
| #291 | St. George, UT | 44.2 | C |
| #292 | Merced, CA | 44.0 | C |
Quality vs. Affordability
Lebanon, PA is bottom 26% lowest-quality nationally and also top 48% most affordable -- a rarer combination among its composite-quality peers, where overall rank and affordability rank usually diverge more than this.
PA Metro Scores
Read with Lebanon
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Lebanon (LOWER · SAFE-LED · MID/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
ABS(composite) peer at 44.4 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · MID/LOW.
St. George, UT
ABS(composite) peer at 44.2 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · MID/LOW.
Asheville, NC
ABS(composite) peer at 44.6 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · MID/LOW.
Sherman-Denison, TX
ABS(composite) peer at 44.6 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · MID/LOW.
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 52/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp MID vs this metro's MID.
Burlington, NC (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 53/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp MID vs this metro's MID.
Lebanon, PA relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for LOWER · SAFE-LED · MID/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.
Using Lebanon's bottom-third Life Score
Lebanon scores 44.4/100 overall, but Safety (75.4) and Schools (19.9) sit 55.4 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Safety is the strongest of Lebanon's seven dimensions (weighted 15% in the composite); if it is your priority, this is where the metro earns its rank. See all seven dimensions
- Schools is the weakest (weighted 10% in the composite); if it is a dealbreaker, weigh it before the ranking does. Rank metros on the composite
- Johnstown is the nearest comparison this page can offer; put the two side by side on the same seven dimensions. Compare with Johnstown
A low composite is a weighted blend; individual dimensions can still be strong.