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Top 100 rank: 4
Population: 159,200
Compare Columbia/Ellicott City to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$96,082 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$71,543 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
5.00% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
4.75% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
2.00% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,813 |
$2,207 |
Job growth %
(2000-2005) |
11.58% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$329,000 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
21.00% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
12 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
1 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
15.6% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
26.6% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
94.6/5.40 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
n/a |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
37 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
46 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
n/a |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
n/a |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
26.0 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
24.1% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
25 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
2,989 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
201 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
78 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
55 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
30 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
7 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
45.27 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
105 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
87.1° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
22.0° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
92.7% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
26 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
166.1 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
124.6 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
36.6 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
65.7% |
63.9% |
| Married |
54.2% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
9.4% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$8,217 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| Marriott International |
99 |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| Lockheed Martin |
52 |
| Constellation Energy |
125 |
| Marriott International |
203 |
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| Company |
Employees |
| National Institutes Of Health |
13,000 |
| Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Underwriters Inc |
3,000 |
| Abacus Corporation |
2,950 |
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