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Washington, DC
Population: 548,902
Compare Washington to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$49,038 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$35,690 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
5.75% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
9.00% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
4.50% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,704 |
$2,207 |
Job growth %
(2000-2005) |
-0.91% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$380,000 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
16.90% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
34 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
2.2% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
1.4% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
80.2/19.80 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
54.0% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
346 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
171 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
1,325 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
4,667 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
27.3 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
19.1% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
64 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
6,610 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
102 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
79 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
193 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
27 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
5 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
43.70 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
96 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
88.9° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
24.0° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
90.9% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
26 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
237.8 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
315.9 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
34.9 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
61.3% |
63.9% |
| Married |
24.2% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
9.8% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$5,921 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| Arnold & Porter |
54 |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| Pepco Holdings |
283 |
| Danaher |
287 |
| Washington Post |
534 |
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| Company |
Employees |
| Us Department Of Defense |
23,000 |
| Us Environmental Protection Agency |
6,500 |
| International Bank For Reconstruction & Development, |
6,000 |
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