What is the cost of living in Sebring?

Sebring has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 92.5, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 73.5, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,271/month.

What is the median salary in Sebring?

The median salary in Sebring is $54,264 annually (mean: $58,379). Top occupations include Retail Salespersons, Fast Food and Counter Workers, Registered Nurses.

The violent crime rate in the Sebring area is 210 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1030 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Sebring?

The state of FL has 4,029 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. Charter schools make up 17.9% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Sebring?

Infant center-based childcare in the Sebring area averages $10,505 per year. Preschool averages $7,983/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Sebring a good place to relocate?

Sebring has a Life Score of 51.1/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Sebring sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Sebring ranks #185 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Sebring, FL

BEA RPP 92.5 sits mid-pack (#156 of 387 metros); cost is not the extreme signal here.

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

92.5
Cost index (US=100): $1,271
2BR rent / mo: $54,264
Median salary: 52
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Sebring ranks #185 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (52/100), with its strongest marks in air quality and safety.

#185
of 387 US metros · Above median: 23,372,215
metro-area population: 210
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 4,029
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: job market (3/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Sebring ranks #185 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 92.5 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,271/mo, median salary $54,264; LiveAbility Score 52/100, strongest in air quality and safety.

Signature: BEA RPP 92.5 sits mid-pack (#156 of 387 metros); cost is not the extreme signal here.

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 92.5 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,271/mo.

LiveAbility 52/100 keeps Sebring in the middle third (#185 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Sebring area is 23,390.

Sebring vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

52 Top 48% higher than 52% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Sebring housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Sebring MSA; housing RPP 73.5 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,271/mo.

Studio

$876

/month

1 Bedroom

$1,006

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,271

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,538

/month

4 Bedroom

$2,017

/month

Sebring wages and employment

Sebring posts 23,390 total employment with median salary $54,264.

Median Salary

$54,264

Mean Salary

$58,379

Total Employment

23,390

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Retail Salespersons	$31,200
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$27,790
Registered Nurses	$85,690
Cashiers	$28,020
Office Clerks, General	$39,340

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Sebring area from NCES.

Schools

4,029

Enrollment

2,838,009

Student:Teacher

17.8:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Sebring area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$10,505

per year

Toddler (Center)

$8,611

per year

Preschool (Center)

$7,983

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Sebring's composite Life Score is 51.1/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

60/100

Above average

Wages

3/100

Bottom decile

Rent

54/100

Average

Crime

83/100

Elite

Schools

87/100

Elite

Childcare

47/100

Average

Environment

46/100

Average

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Sebring ranks #185 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 52/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Air quality (91/100)

Air quality

91
Safety

83
Climate

82
Cost of living

60
Low hazard

55
Housing

54
Schools

13
Job market

3

What this shows Sebring's strongest dimensions are air quality and safety; its weakest among scored dims is job market at 3/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

Compare Sebring to

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Metros near Sebring on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Sebring on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Sebring cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Sebring wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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Thinking about Sebring?

Sebring runs a $54,264 median salary at a 92.5 cost index, ranking #185 of 387 nationally on LiveAbility.

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Cost, salary and score figures are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation.