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Metro Life Score

Lexington Park, MD

37.7
Life Score / 100
D
Grade (curved)
#355
of 387 metros
8%
of metros outranked

Data updated May 2026

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The verdict

Lexington Park ranks #355 of 387 US metros, ahead of 8% - carried by its wages (96/100) and held back most by rent (7/100).

96
strongest: Wages
53
then: Environment
7
weakest: Rent
7
weighted dimensions

Where Lexington Park sits among all US metros

Composite Life Score vs the national field

38 8th percentile higher than 8% of 387 US metros

25–30: 1 US metros (0%). Below this entry. 30–35: 16 US metros (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 46 US metros (12%). This entry sits in this band. 40–45: 53 US metros (14%). Above this entry. 45–50: 81 US metros (21%). Above this entry. 50–55: 67 US metros (17%). Above this entry. 55–60: 68 US metros (18%). Above this entry. 60–65: 40 US metros (10%). Above this entry. 65–70: 12 US metros (3%). Above this entry. 70–75: 3 US metros (1%). Above this entry. This metro 25 75 every US metro, bucketed by value

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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · May 2026

How the score is built

Reading the Lexington Park Life Score

Lexington Park's composite score of 37.7 out of 100, a grade of D, places the metro at rank #355 of 387, ahead of 8% of US metros. The strongest inputs are Wages (96/100) and Environment (53/100), which pull the composite upward, while Rent (7/100) and Childcare (17/100) drag it downward. (How the weighting works.)

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: 14.5:1 ratio, 3.5% charter. DOL infant childcare $14,631/yr. EPA: 26 Superfund sites (MD). Ranks #352-#358 below.

Dimension detail

How Lexington Park scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 19/100 (20%)
Wages 96/100 (20%)
Rent 7/100 (15%)
Safety 25/100 (15%)
Schools 30/100 (10%)
Childcare 17/100 (10%)
Environment 53/100 (10%)

Key Data Points

100.8
Cost Index (RPP)
$77,183
Avg Median Salary
$2,083
2BR Fair Market Rent
425
Violent Crime/100K (MD)
14.5:1
Student-Teacher Ratio
$14,631
Infant Childcare/yr (MD)
26
Superfund Sites (MD)
64,950
Total Employment

Crime, schools, childcare, and environment data shown at state level where metro-specific data is unavailable.

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Ranking Context

Lexington Park outranks 8% of U.S. metros.

Rank Metro Score Grade
#352 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ 38.0 D
#353 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 38.2 D
#354 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA 38.2 D
#355 Lexington Park, MD 37.7 D
#356 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area 37.7 D
#357 Kahului-Wailuku, HI 37.7 D
#358 Napa, CA 37.6 D

MD Metro Scores

Salisbury, MD C+ 46.1 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV C+ 46.1 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD C 45.4 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV C- 39.5 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD F 30.5

Using Lexington Park's Life Score

Lexington Park is a regional baseline, not a neighborhood reading, use it to shortlist, then dig into the dimensions that matter to you.

  • Its strongest dimension is wages (96/100) and its weakest is rent (7/100) - weigh those against your own priorities. How the score is built
  • Put Lexington Park head-to-head against another metro before you decide, every dimension, side by side. Compare metros
  • See where Lexington Park lands on the national rankings for cost, safety, pay and more. Browse rankings

Scores summarize federal data at the metro level; crime, schools and cost vary widely within a single metro.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are Lexington Park's biggest strengths? ▼
Lexington Park's strongest dimensions are Wages (96/100), Environment (53/100), Schools (30/100). Wages is top-tier nationally.
What are Lexington Park's weakest areas? ▼
Lexington Park's lowest-scoring dimensions are Rent (7/100), Childcare (17/100), Cost of Living (19/100). Rent weighs heavily on the composite.
How expensive is Lexington Park compared to the national average? ▼
Lexington Park's Regional Price Parity is 100.8 (0.8% more than national); rent RPP 103.8.
What is the average salary in Lexington Park? ▼
Lexington Park median salary: $77,183, 64,950 jobs. Top: Retail Salespersons, Business Operations Specialists, All Other, General and Operations Managers.
How is the life score calculated? ▼
Lexington Park's 37.7/100 blends 7 federal-data dimensions - see our methodology page for the weighting.

Research Guides

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All federal data sources used on this page
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - multi-dimension demographic + housing + income aggregates for cross-area comparison. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • BEA Regional Economic Accounts - GDP, personal income, employment by state and metro. bea.gov/data/regional
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) - wage estimates for comparable-area indexing. bls.gov/oes
  • FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) - crime statistics for safety-score component. fbi.gov/ucr
  • NCES Common Core of Data - public-school quality indicators by area. nces.ed.gov/ccd
  • EPA AirNow + Air Quality System (AQS) - air-quality measurements by area. epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data
  • HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) - county and metro housing-cost indicators. huduser.gov/datasets/fmr

Every figure on PlainCompare is loaded directly from BEA, HUD, FBI UCR, BLS OEWS, NCES, DOL, EPA, and the Census Bureau, no number is typed in by an editor. This metro's Life Score is computed directly from the 7 federal sources cited above. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.