Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$44,984
$68,109
Sales tax
7.00%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
8.25%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
6.00%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$2,203
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
-9.24%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$127,900
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
8.60%
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)
6.0%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
5.7%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
94.8/5.20
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
81.7%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
74
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
99
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
159
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
1,192
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
12.8
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
5.0%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
3
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
274
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
39
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
15
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
7
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
0
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
0
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
54.07
36.00
Clear days
111
107
High temp in July ° F
89.5°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
33.9°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
84.8%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
27
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
216.5
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
135.7
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
22.9
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
59.4%
63.9%
Married
35.7%
54.3%
Divorced
5.3%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$5,633
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
These states allow personal exemption or standard deductions as provided in the IRC. Utah allows a personal exemption equal to three-fourths the federal exemptions. The tax brackets reported are for single individuals. For married taxpayers, the same rates apply to income brackets ranging from $21,250 to $200,000. Lower exemption amounts allowed for high income taxpayers. Tax rate scheduled to decrease after tax year 2007.
