City Discovery Tool
Adjust the weight sliders below to match your lifestyle priorities. Cities are re-ranked instantly using pre-computed LiveAbility dimension scores from 8 federal datasets. Metros are scored from BEA, HUD, BLS, FBI, and NCES data across all 50 states; see our methodology.
Priority Weights
BEA Regional Price Parities
FBI violent crime rate
EPA annual median AQI
HUD Fair Market Rents
NCES student-teacher ratio
NOAA climate comfort index
FEMA/NOAA disaster frequency
BLS median wages
Total weight: 100%. Weights are relative, they are automatically normalized when computing scores.
Top Cities for Your Priorities
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About LiveAbility Scores
Each dimension score is a percentile rank (0–100) among all 387 scored metros, where 100 = best in the nation. Sources: BEA Regional Price Parities (cost), FBI UCR state-level crime data (safety), EPA AQS annual AQI (air), HUD Fair Market Rents (housing), NCES state-level student-teacher ratios (schools), NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals comfort index (climate), FEMA/NOAA disaster frequency (hazard), BLS OES median wages (jobs). State-level proxies used for crime, schools, and hazard where metro-level data is unavailable.
View full LiveAbility Rankings with default weights, or explore individual metro profiles for detailed breakdowns.