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Philadelphia, PA
Population: 1,455,807
Compare Philadelphia to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$39,906 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$36,411 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
7.00% |
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) |
-0.11% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$110,000 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
20.80% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
39 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
7 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
-42.1% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
-36.5% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
79.4/20.60 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
58.1% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
304 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
172 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
1,408 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
4,105 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
29.2 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
24.4% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
55 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
8,331 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
675 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
105 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
183 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
23 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
20 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
45.95 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
94 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
86.8° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
24.5° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
80.3% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
302.8 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
332.0 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
34.5 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
48.7% |
63.9% |
| Married |
32.1% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
8.7% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$5,787 |
$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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