Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$59,700
$68,109
Sales tax
8.00%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
6.00%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
2.00%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$3,099
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
4.66%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$138,800
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
7.60%
9.26%
Education
City stats
Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools
1
8
Junior colleges and technical institutes
2
0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)
3.1%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
4.6%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
74.3/25.70
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
79.8%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
134
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
158
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
910
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
6,494
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
16.4
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
9.0%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
6
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
603
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
122
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
8
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
26
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
0
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
0
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
60.54
36.00
Clear days
99
107
High temp in July ° F
91.2°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
41.6°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
80.6%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
27
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
226.8
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
175.1
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
33.8
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
62.5%
63.9%
Married
44.0%
54.3%
Divorced
11.1%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$6,620
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
For joint returns, the taxes are twice the tax imposed on half the income. Combined personal exemption and standard deduction.
