Financial

City stats

  
   Best places avg.        

Median family income
(per year)

$98,541

   $93,313

Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted)

$104,942

   $84,802

Sales tax

7.25%

   6.60%

State income tax rate
(highest bracket)

8.00%^I

   5.22%

State income tax rate
(lowest bracket)

6.00%^I

   2.42%

Auto insurance premiums
(Average price quotes, for the state)

$1,816

   $1,854

Job growth %
(2000-2007)

55.29%

   18.60%

Housing

City stats

    Best places avg.

Median home price

$231,000

   $293,712

Average property taxes
(2006)

$2,014

   $4,072

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Education

City stats

    Best places avg.

Colleges, universities and
professional schools (within 30 miles)

17

   40

Junior colleges and
technical institutes (within 30 miles)

10

   20

Test scores reading
(% above/below state average)

8.8%

   17.3%

Test scores math
(% above/below average)

23.8%

   16.6%

% students attending public/private
schools (located within town limits)

79.5/15.3

   89.5/10.5

Quality of life

City stats

Best places avg.

Air quality index*
(% of days AQI ranked as good)

50.4%

   76.0%

Personal crime incidents (per 1,000)

3

   2

Property crime incidents (per 1,000)

30

   25

Median commute time
(in minutes)

29.2

   23.0

% population with commute
45 mins. or longer

21.2%

   15.8%

% population walk or bike to work

1.0%

   3.0%

Leisure and culture

City stats

    Best places avg.

Movie theaters
(within 15 miles)

28

   51

Restaurants
(within 15 miles)

2,062

   4,141

Bars
(within 15 miles)

172

   338

Public golf courses
(within 30 miles)

141

   242

Libraries
(within 15 miles)

40

   90

Museums (accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles)

6

   11

Ski resorts (within 100 miles)

6

   13

Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts)

1.2

   1.5

Weather

City stats

    Best places avg.

Annual rainfall
(inches)

43.89

   36.31

% clear days in the area

30

   30

High temp in July ° F

90.1°

   87.8°

Low temp in Jan ° F

31.7°

   22.9°

Health*

City stats

    Best places avg.

Has health plan
(% of residents)

87.4%

   88.2%

Body mass index (avg. for residents)

27

   27

Diabetes rates
(% of residents diagnosed)

9.8%

   9.6%

Hypertension rates
(% of residents diagnosed)

34.6%

   27.3%

Meet the neighbors

City stats

    Best places avg.

Median age

33.6

   36.0

Completed at least some college
(% of residents)

76.1%

   73.6%

Married

65.2%

   57.5%

Divorced

7.1%

   8.3%

Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity)

60.4

   104.0

Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)

$7,631

   $8,012

From the August 2008 issue of CNNMoney.com

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