Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$53,249
$68,109
Sales tax
6.00%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
8.97%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
1.40%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
n/a
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
7.72%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$154,000
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
15.40%
9.26%
Education
City stats
Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools
0
8
Junior colleges and technical institutes
1
0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)
-13.3%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
-10.0%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
86.3/13.70
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
90.4%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
128
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
107
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
782
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
5,084
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
15.8
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
15.8%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
4
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
479
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
36
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
51
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
8
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
1
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
3
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
43.20
36.00
Clear days
93
107
High temp in July ° F
85.9°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
24.1°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
83.3%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
28
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
238.9
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
345.2
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
36.3
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
32.5%
63.9%
Married
45.1%
54.3%
Divorced
9.8%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$6,464
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
The tax brackets reported are for single individuals. For married couples filing jointly, the tax rates range from 1.4% to 8.97% (with 7 income brackets) applying to income brackets from $20,000 to over $500,000.
