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LGBTQ Community Access

Composite LGBTQ community access proxy from gay-scene and same-sex couple presence scores.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

Scoring Method

How the ranking is built

LGBTQ Community Access rewards places with stronger mapped LGBTQ nightlife/community access and same-sex couple presence.

  1. 1

    The formula is 70% Gay Scene and 30% Same-Sex Couple Presence.

  2. 2

    Component scores are used directly on their current 0-100 scale.

Technical details
Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by LGBTQ Community Access.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

LGBTQ Community Access rewards places with stronger mapped LGBTQ nightlife/community access and same-sex couple presence.

Statistics Feeding This Score

  • Gay Scene

    Published mapped gay bars and LGBTQ nightlife/community venue score.

    Source: Published score components
  • Same-Sex Couple Presence

    ACS same-sex spouse/partner presence score.

    Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year

Source Data

Source: Published score componentsAlready-published Places component scores reused as inputs to a composite score.
Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-YearCensus ACS 5-year estimates for housing, income, population, occupation, education, and race/ethnicity inputs at place, county, or CBSA geography depending on the score.

Known Limits

  • These are social-climate proxies, not guarantees of personal safety, discrimination risk, neighborhood-level culture, or lived experience.
  • HRC MEI directly covers 506 municipalities; unmatched places use a conservative state-sample fallback for the policy component.
  • ACS same-sex spouse/partner counts are household-relationship estimates, not a full LGBTQ population estimate, and can be noisy for small places.
  • The score does not yet include Pride/community organizations, LGBTQ healthcare access, trans-specific protections, school policies, or directly measured anti-LGBTQ hate crimes.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by LGBTQ Community Access.

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