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Towson, MD
Population: 52,861
Compare Towson to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$84,865 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$69,334 |
$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) |
2.15% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$282,500 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
14.30% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
16 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
16.9% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
29.7% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
64.2/35.80 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
57.3% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
139 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
132 |
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) |
20.1 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
10.7% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
21 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
3,433 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
376 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
50 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
67 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
7 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
8 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
51.53 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
105 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
87.4° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
24.8° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
89.2% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
211.3 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
289.0 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
37.7 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
77.8% |
63.9% |
| Married |
43.1% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
8.2% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$7,847 |
$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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