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FINALIST
Columbia, MO
Top 100 rank: 76
Population: 91,800
Compare Columbia to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$55,834 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$62,038 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
7.35% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
6.00% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
1.50% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,001 |
$2,207 |
Job growth %
(2000-2005) |
8.02% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$167,580 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
7.60% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
3 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
21.2% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
12.7% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
91.4/8.60 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
72.3% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
80 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
121 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
480 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
3,378 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
13.0 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
4.5% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
6 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
362 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
28 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
16 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
8 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
1 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
1 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
40.28 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
120 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
88.6° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
18.2° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
89.1% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
226.6 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
142.8 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
28.5 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
77.0% |
63.9% |
| Married |
37.3% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
9.6% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,569 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| Edward Jones |
16 |
| American Century Investments |
22 |
| A.G. Edwards |
70 |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| Emerson Electric |
126 |
| Express Scripts |
134 |
| Anheuser-Busch |
146 |
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| Company |
Employees |
| Ozark Purchasing Llc |
15,000 |
| Hammons, John Q. Hotels, Incor |
10,500 |
| Union Electric Development Cor |
3,200 |
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