Vernon sits at City Score rank #280 with a standing of 43%, from 6 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. Dropping 38 places versus 2022 (#242 → #280).
Latest owned placements: indoor radon rank #52 of 327 at 144 Bq/m³ survey mean. Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
Among Canadian cities on the hub, Vernon carries a City Score standing of 43% (rank #280 of 343) with 6 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 4 points below the British Columbia peer average across 58 ranked cities. Within British Columbia, Vernon ranks #40 of 58 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is seismic hazard (standing 71%, rank #243 of 343, raw score 0.035). The weakest observed pillar is indoor radon (standing 16%, rank #52 of 327). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Vernon, British Columbia, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal (table 35100063), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 148 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Vernon. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
