Metro Life Score
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
Below-median composite Life Score — grade C+, 35th percentile of the national corpus.
- 46.2
- Life Score / 100
- C+
- Grade (curved)
- #250
- of 387 metros
- 35%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor is below-median composite Life Score — #250 of 387 (46.2/100, grade C+, 35th percentile). Carried by safety at 92/100; held back most by rent at 25/100.
- 35th
- composite percentile
- #250
- of 387 peers
- 27th
- cost dimension percentile
- 30th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · MID · SAFE-LED · signature cost
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor: cost pressure is the outlier
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor is a MID-band metro where cost sits only at the 27th percentile (DEAR) — the clearest outlier vs wages at the 30th and composite #250. Rent (25/100) is the main drag; Safety (92/100) keeps the floor. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL ranks #250 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #283 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 98.3 (rent-RPP 101.6). BLS median salary $61,203, 51,870 jobs (Retail Salespersons, Registered Nurses, Waiters and Waitresses). HUD 2BR FMR $1,604/mo (studio $1,214).
FBI UCR (FL): 210 violent, 1030 property/100K. NCES: 17.8:1 ratio, 17.9% charter. DOL infant childcare $10,505/yr. EPA: 81 Superfund sites (FL).
Where Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
46 35th percentile higher than 35% 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 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are FL state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor With...
Ranking Context
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor outranks 35% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #247 | Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 46.4 | C+ |
| #248 | Savannah, GA | 46.4 | C+ |
| #249 | Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 46.5 | C+ |
| #250 | Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 46.2 | C+ |
| #251 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 46.2 | C+ |
| #252 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 46.2 | C+ |
| #253 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 46.2 | C+ |
FL Metro Scores
Read with Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor (MID · SAFE-LED · DEAR/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
ABS(composite) peer at 46.2 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C+ vs this page's MID · SAFE-LED · DEAR/LOW.
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
ABS(composite) peer at 46.2 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C+ vs this page's MID · SAFE-LED · DEAR/LOW.
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
ABS(composite) peer at 46.2 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C+ vs this page's MID · SAFE-LED · DEAR/LOW.
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
ABS(composite) peer at 46.1 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade C+ vs this page's MID · SAFE-LED · DEAR/LOW.
Coeur d'Alene, ID (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 27/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Barnstable Town, MA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 27/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp DEAR vs this metro's DEAR.
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for MID · SAFE-LED · DEAR/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.