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Erie, PA
Population: 100,683
Compare Erie to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$38,514 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$48,142 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
6.00% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
3.07% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
3.07% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,497 |
$2,207 |
Job growth %
(2000-2005) |
-2.57% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$69,900 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
3.00% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
4 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
3 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
-11.3% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
-3.8% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
73.8/26.20 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
64.7% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
160 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
124 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
452 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
3,280 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
14.6 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
3.9% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
5 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
542 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
92 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
33 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
10 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
0 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
7 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
42.77 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
63 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
80.4° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
20.3° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
90.8% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
257.6 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
302.0 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
34.0 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
43.5% |
63.9% |
| Married |
40.3% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
10.8% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$5,980 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| Vanguard Group |
60 |
| East Penn Manufacturing |
79 |
| IKEA North America |
96 |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| AmerisourceBergen |
27 |
| Sunoco |
66 |
| Comcast |
94 |
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| Company |
Employees |
| Comcast Holdings Corporation |
22,000 |
| University Of Pittsburgh |
8,793 |
| Highmark Inc. |
7,000 |
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