Metro Life Score
Mansfield, OH
Top-quartile composite Life Score — grade B+, 77th percentile of the national corpus.
- 56.7
- Life Score / 100
- B+
- Grade (curved)
- #88
- of 387 metros
- 77%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Mansfield is top-quartile composite Life Score — #88 of 387 (56.7/100, grade B+, 77th percentile). Carried by rent at 95/100; held back most by environment at 5/100.
- 77th
- composite percentile
- #88
- of 387 peers
- 81st
- cost dimension percentile
- 20th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · UPPER · BALANCED · signature cost
Mansfield: affordability leads the Life Score story
Mansfield is a UPPER-band metro whose cost dimension sits at the 81st percentile of 387 US metros (CHEAP) while composite is #88 (56.7/100, grade B+). Rent at 95/100 carries the upside; Environment at 5/100 is the residual drag. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Mansfield, OH ranks #88 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #73 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 88.9 (rent-RPP 54.9). BLS median salary $59,166, 42,920 jobs (Retail Salespersons, Fast Food and Counter Workers, Cashiers). HUD 2BR FMR $973/mo (studio $671).
FBI UCR (OH): 293 violent, 1545 property/100K. NCES: 18.2:1 ratio, 9.3% charter. DOL infant childcare $11,791/yr. EPA: 50 Superfund sites (OH).
Where Mansfield sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
57 Top 23% higher than 77% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
Dimension detail
How Mansfield scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are OH state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Mansfield With...
Ranking Context
Mansfield outranks 77% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #85 | Casper, WY | 56.8 | B+ |
| #86 | Lynchburg, VA | 56.9 | B+ |
| #87 | Oklahoma City, OK | 57.0 | B+ |
| #88 | Mansfield, OH | 56.7 | B+ |
| #89 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 56.7 | B+ |
| #90 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 56.6 | B+ |
| #91 | Minot, ND | 56.4 | B+ |
OH Metro Scores
Read with Mansfield
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Mansfield (UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
ABS(composite) peer at 56.7 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Casper, WY
ABS(composite) peer at 56.8 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
ABS(composite) peer at 56.6 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Lynchburg, VA
ABS(composite) peer at 56.9 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Ames, IA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 82/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CHEAP vs this metro's CHEAP.
Pocatello, ID (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 81/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CHEAP vs this metro's CHEAP.
Mansfield, OH relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.