Metro Life Score
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade C, 24th percentile of the national corpus.
- 43.8
- Life Score / 100
- C
- Grade (curved)
- #296
- of 387 metros
- 24%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Norwich-New London-Willimantic is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #296 of 387 (43.8/100, grade C, 24th percentile). Carried by safety at 98/100; held back most by schools at 9/100.
- 24th
- composite percentile
- #296
- of 387 peers
- 20th
- cost dimension percentile
- 93rd
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · LOWER · SAFE-LED · signature wages
Norwich-New London-Willimantic: pay power is the signature
Norwich-New London-Willimantic stamps LOWER · SAFE-LED with wages at the 93rd percentile of the metro corpus (PEAK) — ahead of its cost mark (DEAR, 20th) and composite #296. Safety (98/100) amplifies the lead; Schools (9/100) is the residual gap. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT ranks #296 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #309 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 100.4 (rent-RPP 93.7). BLS median salary $77,653, 107,970 jobs (Retail Salespersons, Fast Food and Counter Workers, Home Health and Personal Care Aides). HUD 2BR FMR $1,866/mo (studio $1,287).
FBI UCR (CT): 139 violent, 1397 property/100K. NCES: 12.1:1 ratio, 2.1% charter. DOL infant childcare $17,127/yr. EPA: 17 Superfund sites (CT).
Where Norwich-New London-Willimantic sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
44 24th percentile higher than 24% 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 Norwich-New London-Willimantic scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are CT state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Norwich-New London-Willimantic With...
Ranking Context
Norwich-New London-Willimantic outranks 24% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #293 | Salisbury, MD | 43.9 | C |
| #294 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 43.9 | C |
| #295 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 44.0 | C |
| #296 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 43.8 | C |
| #297 | Ann Arbor, MI | 43.8 | C |
| #298 | State College, PA | 43.7 | C |
| #299 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 43.6 | C |
CT Metro Scores
Read with Norwich-New London-Willimantic
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Norwich-New London-Willimantic (LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/PEAK), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Ann Arbor, MI
ABS(composite) peer at 43.8 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
State College, PA
ABS(composite) peer at 43.7 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
ABS(composite) peer at 43.9 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
Salisbury, MD
ABS(composite) peer at 43.9 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/PEAK.
Ogden, UT (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 20/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Punta Gorda, FL (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 20/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/PEAK - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.