Metro Life Score
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade C-, 14th percentile of the national corpus.
- 40.8
- Life Score / 100
- C-
- Grade (curved)
- #332
- of 387 metros
- 14%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #332 of 387 (40.8/100, grade C-, 14th percentile). Carried by wages at 97/100; held back most by rent at 5/100.
- 14th
- composite percentile
- #332
- of 387 peers
- 5th
- cost dimension percentile
- 97th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · LOWER · WAGE-LED · signature wages
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom: pay power is the signature
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom stamps LOWER · WAGE-LED with wages at the 97th percentile of the metro corpus (PEAK) — ahead of its cost mark (CEILING, 5th) and composite #332. Wages (97/100) amplifies the lead; Rent (5/100) is the residual gap. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks #332 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #366 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 106.7 (rent-RPP 130.2). BLS median salary $81,568, 1,060,500 jobs (Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Management Analysts, Fast Food and Counter Workers). HUD 2BR FMR $2,255/mo (studio $1,748).
FBI UCR (CA): 477 violent, 1986 property/100K. NCES: 21.5:1 ratio, 12.8% charter. DOL infant childcare $17,920/yr. EPA: 116 Superfund sites (CA).
Where Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
41 14th percentile higher than 14% 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are CA state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom With...
Ranking Context
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom outranks 14% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #329 | Vineland, NJ | 41.0 | C- |
| #330 | Chico, CA | 41.1 | C- |
| #331 | Boulder, CO | 41.1 | C- |
| #332 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 40.8 | C- |
| #333 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 40.8 | C- |
| #334 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 40.8 | C- |
| #335 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 40.8 | C- |
CA Metro Scores
Read with Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom (LOWER · WAGE-LED · CEILING/PEAK), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Chattanooga, TN-GA
ABS(composite) peer at 40.8 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · WAGE-LED · CEILING/PEAK.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
ABS(composite) peer at 40.8 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · WAGE-LED · CEILING/PEAK.
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
ABS(composite) peer at 40.8 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · WAGE-LED · CEILING/PEAK.
Yuba City, CA
ABS(composite) peer at 40.8 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · WAGE-LED · CEILING/PEAK.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 6/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CEILING vs this metro's CEILING.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 5/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CEILING vs this metro's CEILING.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for LOWER · WAGE-LED · CEILING/PEAK - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.