Metro Life Score
Lexington Park, MD
Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade D, 4th percentile of the national corpus.
- 36.3
- Life Score / 100
- D
- Grade (curved)
- #373
- of 387 metros
- 4%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Lexington Park is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #373 of 387 (36.3/100, grade D, 4th percentile). Carried by wages at 92/100; held back most by rent at 7/100.
- 4th
- composite percentile
- #373
- of 387 peers
- 19th
- cost dimension percentile
- 92nd
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · BOTTOM · WAGE-LED · signature composite
Lexington Park: bottom-third composite — where the drag concentrates
Lexington Park sits in the bottom third of the metro corpus on composite (#373 of 387, 36.3/100, 4th percentile). Stamps BOTTOM · WAGE-LED; Rent at 7/100 is the main drag; Wages (92/100) keeps the floor. Cost/wage marks DEAR/PEAK. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Lexington Park, MD ranks #373 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #314 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 100.8 (rent-RPP 103.8). BLS median salary $77,183, 64,950 jobs (Retail Salespersons, Business Operations Specialists, All Other, General and Operations Managers). HUD 2BR FMR $2,083/mo (studio $1,811).
FBI UCR (MD): 425 violent, 2074 property/100K. NCES: 14.0:1 ratio, 3.5% charter. DOL infant childcare $14,631/yr. EPA: 26 Superfund sites (MD).
Where Lexington Park sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
36 4th percentile higher than 4% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 36.3 is built
Lexington Park's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Lexington Park scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are MD state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Lexington Park With...
Ranking Context
Lexington Park outranks 4% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #370 | Worcester, MA | 36.4 | D |
| #371 | Great Falls, MT | 37.3 | D |
| #372 | Santa Fe, NM | 37.4 | D |
| #373 | Lexington Park, MD | 36.3 | D |
| #374 | Barnstable Town, MA | 36.2 | D |
| #375 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 35.9 | D |
| #376 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 35.6 | F |
Quality vs. Affordability
Lexington Park, MD's quality rank (bottom 4% lowest-quality) and affordability rank (bottom 19% least affordable) sit close together -- an unusually proportionate metro where overall quality and cost-of-living move together.
MD Metro Scores
Read with Lexington Park
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Lexington Park (BOTTOM · WAGE-LED · DEAR/PEAK), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Barnstable Town, MA
ABS(composite) peer at 36.2 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade D vs this page's BOTTOM · WAGE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
Worcester, MA
ABS(composite) peer at 36.4 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade D vs this page's BOTTOM · WAGE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
ABS(composite) peer at 35.9 (Δ 0.4 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade D vs this page's BOTTOM · WAGE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
Urban Honolulu, HI
ABS(composite) peer at 35.6 (Δ 0.7 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade F vs this page's BOTTOM · WAGE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
Kingston, NY (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 19/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 19/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Lexington Park, MD relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for BOTTOM · WAGE-LED · DEAR/PEAK - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.
Using Lexington Park's bottom-third Life Score
Lexington Park scores 36.3/100 overall, but Wages (92.0) and Rent (7.3) sit 84.7 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Wages is the strongest of Lexington Park'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
- Rent is the weakest (weighted 15% in the composite); if it is a dealbreaker, weigh it before the ranking does. Rank metros on the composite
- Salisbury is the nearest comparison this page can offer; put the two side by side on the same seven dimensions. Compare with Salisbury
A low composite is a weighted blend; individual dimensions can still be strong.