Metro Life Score
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
Top-quartile composite Life Score — grade A-, 83rd percentile of the national corpus.
- 58.8
- Life Score / 100
- A-
- Grade (curved)
- #65
- of 387 metros
- 83%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Weirton-Steubenville is top-quartile composite Life Score — #65 of 387 (58.8/100, grade A-, 83rd percentile). Carried by rent at 94/100; held back most by wages at 10/100.
- 83rd
- composite percentile
- #65
- of 387 peers
- 80th
- cost dimension percentile
- 10th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · UPPER · BALANCED · signature wages
Weirton-Steubenville: wage lag defines the peer set
Weirton-Steubenville is a UPPER-band metro where wages sit at only the 10th percentile (LOW) while cost is CHEAP (80th) and composite #65. Wages at 10/100 is the clearest drag; Rent (94/100) is the offset. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH ranks #65 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #77 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 89.0 (rent-RPP 52.4). BLS median salary $57,318, 29,900 jobs (Registered Nurses, Cashiers, Stockers and Order Fillers). HUD 2BR FMR $973/mo (studio $752).
FBI UCR (WV): 242 violent, 1089 property/100K. NCES: 13.3:1 ratio, 0.6% charter. DOL infant childcare $8,974/yr. EPA: 14 Superfund sites (WV).
Where Weirton-Steubenville sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
59 Top 17% higher than 83% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 58.8 is built
Weirton-Steubenville's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Weirton-Steubenville scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are WV state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Weirton-Steubenville With...
Ranking Context
Weirton-Steubenville outranks 83% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #62 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 58.9 | A- |
| #63 | Johnstown, PA | 58.9 | A- |
| #64 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 58.9 | A- |
| #65 | Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 58.8 | A- |
| #66 | Cleveland, OH | 58.8 | A- |
| #67 | Lawton, OK | 58.8 | A- |
| #68 | Dothan, AL | 58.7 | A- |
Quality vs. Affordability
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH's quality rank (top 17% highest-quality) and affordability rank (top 20% most affordable) sit close together -- an unusually proportionate metro where overall quality and cost-of-living move together.
WV Metro Scores
Read with Weirton-Steubenville
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Weirton-Steubenville (UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Cleveland, OH
ABS(composite) peer at 58.8 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A- vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Lawton, OK
ABS(composite) peer at 58.8 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A- vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Dothan, AL
ABS(composite) peer at 58.7 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade A- vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Rapid City, SD
ABS(composite) peer at 58.7 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade A- vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW.
Cedar Rapids, IA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 81/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CHEAP vs this metro's CHEAP.
Jackson, MS (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 80/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CHEAP vs this metro's CHEAP.
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for UPPER · BALANCED · CHEAP/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.
Using Weirton-Steubenville's top-third Life Score
Weirton-Steubenville scores 58.8/100 overall, but Rent (94.3) and Wages (9.8) sit 84.5 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Rent is the strongest of Weirton-Steubenville's seven dimensions (weighted 15% in the composite); if it is your priority, this is where the metro earns its rank. See all seven dimensions
- Wages is the weakest (weighted 20% in the composite); if it is a dealbreaker, weigh it before the ranking does. Rank metros on the composite
- Huntington is the nearest comparison this page can offer; put the two side by side on the same seven dimensions. Compare with Huntington
A high composite is a weighted blend; it does not mean every dimension is strong.