Metro Life Score
Youngstown-Warren, OH
Top-quartile composite Life Score — grade B+, 78th percentile of the national corpus.
- 57.1
- Life Score / 100
- B+
- Grade (curved)
- #84
- of 387 metros
- 78%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Youngstown-Warren is top-quartile composite Life Score — #84 of 387 (57.1/100, grade B+, 78th percentile). Carried by rent at 94/100; held back most by environment at 6/100.
- 78th
- composite percentile
- #84
- of 387 peers
- 90th
- cost dimension percentile
- 14th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · UPPER · BALANCED · signature cost
Youngstown-Warren: affordability leads the Life Score story
Youngstown-Warren is a UPPER-band metro whose cost dimension sits at the 90th percentile of 387 US metros (FLOOR) while composite is #84 (57.1/100, grade B+). Rent at 94/100 carries the upside; Environment at 6/100 is the residual drag. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Youngstown-Warren, OH ranks #84 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #40 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 87.4 (rent-RPP 53.4). BLS median salary $58,019, 152,720 jobs (Fast Food and Counter Workers, Retail Salespersons, General and Operations Managers). HUD 2BR FMR $973/mo (studio $735).
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 Youngstown-Warren sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
57 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 Youngstown-Warren 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 Youngstown-Warren With...
Ranking Context
Youngstown-Warren outranks 78% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #81 | College Station-Bryan, TX | 57.4 | B+ |
| #82 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 57.5 | B+ |
| #83 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 57.6 | B+ |
| #84 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | 57.1 | B+ |
| #85 | Waco, TX | 57.1 | B+ |
| #86 | Oklahoma City, OK | 57.0 | B+ |
| #87 | Lynchburg, VA | 56.9 | B+ |
OH Metro Scores
Read with Youngstown-Warren
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Youngstown-Warren (UPPER · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Waco, TX
ABS(composite) peer at 57.1 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
Oklahoma City, OK
ABS(composite) peer at 57.0 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
Lynchburg, VA
ABS(composite) peer at 56.9 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
College Station-Bryan, TX
ABS(composite) peer at 57.4 (Δ 0.3 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW.
St. Cloud, MN (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 90/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Dubuque, IA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 90/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Youngstown-Warren, OH relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for UPPER · BALANCED · FLOOR/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.