Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$51,896
$68,109
Sales tax
8.50%
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)
-0.92%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$94,500
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
11.20%
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)
2.9%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
-9.7%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
82.8/17.20
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
67.4%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
137
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
143
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
777
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
5,652
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
14.3
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
4.5%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
4
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
318
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
43
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
6
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
12
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)
57.19
36.00
Clear days
98
107
High temp in July ° F
91.0°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
41.2°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
70.0%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
27
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
222.2
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
271.3
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
35.4
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
50.6%
63.9%
Married
41.9%
54.3%
Divorced
11.3%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$5,803
$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.
