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Independence, MO
Population: 113,058
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income (per year) |
$50,538 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$59,950 |
$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) |
-1.57% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median home price |
$114,254 |
$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 |
15 |
8 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading (% +/- state average) |
-12.9% |
13.3% |
Test scores math (% +/- state average) |
-6.9% |
16.9% |
% students attending public/private schools |
90.1/9.90 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
65.2% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
75 |
45 |
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
150 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000) |
707 |
228 |
Property crime incidents (per 100,000) |
7,520 |
3,105 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
22.3 |
20.8 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
9.1% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
27 |
22 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
1,956 |
2,268 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
167 |
127 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
57 |
74 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
51 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles) |
2 |
7 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
1 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation (inches) |
43.14 |
36.00 |
Clear days |
120 |
107 |
High temp in July ° F |
87.5° |
87.7° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
17.1° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
95.1% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
218.3 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) |
209.2 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median age |
38.2 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
48.9% |
63.9% |
Married |
50.9% |
54.3% |
Divorced |
14.2% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,466 |
$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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