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THE METRO SCORE · CREATED BY SEYI FABODE

Your city has a score.
Have you seen it?

15 metrics. One number from 0 to 100. Look up how your city scores on water, governance, community, climate, and more.

5,000US cities scored
55.3median score
6cities reach Thriving (80+)

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THE METRO SCORE · CREATED BY SEYI FABODE

Score your city

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US median 55.3
Urban System Under Stress0.0–34.9Multiple Systemic Challenges35.0–49.9Developing Resilience50.0–64.9Resilient and Advancing65.0–79.9Thriving Sustainable Community80.0–100.0

BELOW THE SURFACE

What's dragging it down

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Tier 1

Climate Risk · CRIChoose a city

18% weight

Resource Base · RBSChoose a city

15% weight

Climate Resilience · CROSChoose a city

12% weight

Economic Resilience Outlook · EROChoose a city

10% weight

Tier 2

Water Infrastructure · WIVChoose a city

8% weight

Governance · ERS_GovChoose a city

7% weight

Community Stability · CSIChoose a city

6% weight

Risk Management · RMIChoose a city

5% weight

Disaster Infrastructure · DIRChoose a city

5% weight

Tier 3

Environmental Resilience · ERS_EnvChoose a city

3% weight

Environmental Governance · EGPChoose a city

3% weight

Economic Resilience Capacity · ERCChoose a city

3% weight

Tech & Innovation · TIIChoose a city

3% weight

Fiscal Sustainability · FSIChoose a city

1% weight

Community & Social · CSFChoose a city

1% weight

How the METRO Score works →

Data: METRO v2.0, top 5,000 US cities, refreshed to American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates (July 2026). The METRO Score was created by Seyi Fabode.

METRO Score data © Seyi Fabode, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

The METRO Score groups 15 metrics in three tiers. Source city scores are shown to two decimal places; source category labels are retained at rounding boundaries. Metric values are shown to one decimal place. Bar lengths are bounded to 0–100, while source values outside that scale remain unchanged.

A national rank counts only cities with a strictly higher displayed score; tied scores share a rank. “Better than” counts cities with a strictly lower displayed score and is shown to one decimal place.

EXPLORE

Find your place in the field.

Browse the METRO Score dataset, then compare two cities across the same 15 measures.

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ALL SCORED CITIES

Score distribution

40 bins · 2.5 points each

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STATE TABLE

Ranked cities

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SIDE BY SIDE

Compare two cities

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF CITY CHECK

Your gut vs. the data

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You can take the quiz now. Choose a city when the data is ready to compare your rating with its METRO Score.

When something breaks on your street, how long until it gets fixed?

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TAKE IT TO YOUR NETWORK

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The METRO Score (Municipal Evaluation of Trends, Resilience, and Outcomes) was created by Seyi Fabode for his book Your City Sucks!

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