Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$47,316
$68,109
Sales tax
7.00%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
6.00%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
1.00%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$2,137
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
2.62%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$100,000
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
4.50%
9.26%
Education
City stats
Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools
1
8
Junior colleges and technical institutes
1
0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)
-2.0%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
-1.7%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
91.2/8.80
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
61.2%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
191
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
195
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
675
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
6,841
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
15.2
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
5.0%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
2
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
283
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
15
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
10
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
8
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
1
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
0
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
53.40
36.00
Clear days
110
107
High temp in July ° F
92.5°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
35.1°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
83.7%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
28
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
186.1
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
251.6
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
31.2
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
49.8%
63.9%
Married
35.7%
54.3%
Divorced
11.4%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$6,110
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
The tax brackets reported are for single individuals. For married households filing separately, the same rates apply to income brackets ranging from $500 to $5,000; and the income brackets range from $1,000 to $10,000 for joint filers.
