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College Station, TX
Population: 73,026
Compare College Station to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$63,031 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$74,505 |
$68,109 |
| Sales tax |
8.25% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
n/a |
6.46% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
n/a |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,490 |
$2,207 |
Job growth %
(2000-2005) |
12.33% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$157,880 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
0.00% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
2 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
2.5% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
16.6% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
98.4/1.60 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
n/a |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
60 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
97 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
264 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
3,972 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
12.6 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
3.8% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
2 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
393 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
30 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
9 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
4 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
1 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
0 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
39.67 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
130 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
95.6° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
39.8° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
74.7% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
26 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
155.5 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
153.9 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
24.8 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
79.4% |
63.9% |
| Married |
30.9% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
3.6% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,171 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| Valero Energy |
3 |
| Container Store |
6 |
| Whole Foods Market |
15 |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| Exxon Mobil |
1 |
| ConocoPhillips |
6 |
| Valero Energy |
15 |
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| Company |
Employees |
| Chase Bank |
100,000 |
| Bank Of America |
24,651 |
| Usaa |
17,069 |
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