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Shawnee, KS
Population: 54,797
Compare Shawnee to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income (per year) |
$80,175 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$81,231 |
$68,109 |
Sales tax |
7.65% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
6.45%* |
6.46% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
3.50%* |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state) |
$2,108 |
$2,207 |
Job growth % (2000-2005) |
13.83% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median home price |
$225,466 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain (2004-2005) |
4.00% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and professional schools |
15 |
8 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading (% +/- state average) |
14.1% |
13.3% |
Test scores math (% +/- state average) |
12.8% |
16.9% |
% students attending public/private schools |
78.5/21.50 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
84.4% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
29 |
45 |
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
68 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000) |
219 |
228 |
Property crime incidents (per 100,000) |
2,474 |
3,105 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
20.4 |
20.8 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
3.5% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
27 |
22 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
2,146 |
2,268 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
134 |
127 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
60 |
74 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
49 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles) |
4 |
7 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
1 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation (inches) |
40.17 |
36.00 |
Clear days |
120 |
107 |
High temp in July ° F |
89.4° |
87.7° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
19.9° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
92.1% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
26 |
27 |
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
185.4 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) |
150.4 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median age |
34.7 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
56.6% |
63.9% |
Married |
62.2% |
54.3% |
Divorced |
8.8% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$7,668 |
$7,549 |
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Company |
F500 rank |
YRC Worldwide Inc. |
263 |
Seaboard |
652 |
Payless Shoesource |
654 |
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Company |
Employees |
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. |
8,000 |
Via Christi Regional Medical Center Inc |
4,000 |
Wesley Medical Center Llc |
3,000 |
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