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Biloxi, MS
Population: 50,410
Compare Biloxi to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income (per year) |
$45,079 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$53,034 |
$68,109 |
Sales tax |
7.00% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
5.00% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
3.00% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state) |
$2,278 |
$2,207 |
Job growth % (2000-2005) |
1.14% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median home price |
$126,500 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain (2004-2005) |
6.20% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and professional schools |
0 |
8 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading (% +/- state average) |
16.4% |
13.3% |
Test scores math (% +/- state average) |
22.1% |
16.9% |
% students attending public/private schools |
88.3/11.70 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
59.8% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
64 |
45 |
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
156 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000) |
576 |
228 |
Property crime incidents (per 100,000) |
6,830 |
3,105 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
16.5 |
20.8 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
6.0% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
5 |
22 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
449 |
2,268 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
32 |
127 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
15 |
74 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
13 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles) |
1 |
7 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
0 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation (inches) |
64.84 |
36.00 |
Clear days |
102 |
107 |
High temp in July ° F |
88.5° |
87.7° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
43.5° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
83.3% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
230.3 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) |
341.3 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median age |
32.9 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
56.5% |
63.9% |
Married |
44.9% |
54.3% |
Divorced |
13.0% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,295 |
$7,549 |
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Company |
F500 rank |
Entergy |
218 |
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Company |
Employees |
Univeristy Of Mississippi Medical Center |
8,000 |
Grand Casinos Of Mississippi Inc-Biloxi |
3,500 |
Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc |
2,800 |
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