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Chicago, IL
Population: 2,873,790
Compare Chicago to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$46,748 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$33,559 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
9.00% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
3.00% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
3.00% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,006 |
$2,207 |
Job growth %
(2000-2005) |
0.70% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$254,500 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
10.70% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
51 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
14 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
-24.8% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
-35.6% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
84.9/15.10 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
38.1% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
351 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
176 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
0 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
4,877 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
31.4 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
30.7% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
81 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
9,609 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
1,131 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
201 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
170 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
16 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
12 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
38.01 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
84 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
84.4° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
18.3° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
84.6% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
210.8 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
264.1 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
32.3 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
54.5% |
63.9% |
| Married |
35.3% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
8.9% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$5,910 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| CDW |
34 |
| Northwest Community Hospital |
50 |
| Wm. Wrigley Jr. |
95 |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| State Farm Insurance Cos |
22 |
| Boeing |
26 |
| Sears Holdings Corporation |
33 |
| See the rest |
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| Company |
Employees |
| Wachovia Securities Inc |
71,262 |
| Aramark Management Services Lp. |
11,805 |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company |
11,000 |
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