Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$46,999
$68,109
Sales tax
6.00%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
5.00%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
3.00%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$2,505
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
2.70%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$420,000
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
12.90%
9.26%
Education
City stats
Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools
4
8
Junior colleges and technical institutes
2
0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)
-7.0%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
-9.5%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
93.3/6.70
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
63.6%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
65
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
105
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
411
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
3,261
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
19.3
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
15.5%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
35
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
1,882
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
26
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
103
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
46
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
18
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
35
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
48.38
36.00
Clear days
99
107
High temp in July ° F
84.2°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
18.8°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
88.7%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
26
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
206.4
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
263.8
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
37.5
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
53.0%
63.9%
Married
48.5%
54.3%
Divorced
9.1%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$7,346
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
For joint returns, the taxes are twice the tax imposed on half the income. Combined personal exemptions and standard deduction. An additional tax credit is allowed ranging from 75% to 0% based on state adjusted gross income. Exemption amounts are phased out for higher income taxpayers until they are eliminated for households earning over $56,500.
