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FINALIST
Fishers, IN
Top 100 rank: 33
Population: 57,200
Compare Fishers to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income (per year) |
$93,186 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$99,345 |
$68,109 |
Sales tax |
6.00% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
3.40% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
3.40% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state) |
$1,868 |
$2,207 |
Job growth % (2000-2005) |
35.31% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median home price |
$186,200 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain (2004-2005) |
-2.70% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and professional schools |
6 |
8 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading (% +/- state average) |
26.5% |
13.3% |
Test scores math (% +/- state average) |
25.6% |
16.9% |
% students attending public/private schools |
95.9/4.10 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
75.0% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
12 |
45 |
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
13 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000) |
17 |
228 |
Property crime incidents (per 100,000) |
1,258 |
3,105 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
23.0 |
20.8 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
9.3% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
21 |
22 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
1,921 |
2,268 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
126 |
127 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
91 |
74 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
30 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles) |
8 |
7 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
1 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation (inches) |
42.85 |
36.00 |
Clear days |
88 |
107 |
High temp in July ° F |
84.5° |
87.7° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
17.0° |
23.5° |
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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) |
187.2 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) |
131.8 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median age |
29.8 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
87.6% |
63.9% |
Married |
68.6% |
54.3% |
Divorced |
8.6% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$8,229 |
$7,549 |
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Company |
Best Companies 2006 Rank |
Eli Lilly |
52 |
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Company |
F500 rank |
Wellpoint |
38 |
Eli Lilly |
148 |
Cummins |
238 |
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Company |
Employees |
Royale Coach By Monaco Inc |
5,790 |
Eli Lilly International Corporation |
5,500 |
St Vincent Hosp Hlth Care Ctr |
5,500 |
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