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FINALIST
Denton, TX
Top 100 rank: 58
Population: 104,200
Compare Denton to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income (per year) |
$58,136 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$66,593 |
$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) |
20.82% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median home price |
$151,487 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain (2004-2005) |
3.70% |
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) |
-3.7% |
13.3% |
Test scores math (% +/- state average) |
-3.4% |
16.9% |
% students attending public/private schools |
96.7/3.30 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
72.6% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
89 |
45 |
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
102 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000) |
424 |
228 |
Property crime incidents (per 100,000) |
3,959 |
3,105 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
16.2 |
20.8 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
16.5% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
6 |
22 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
670 |
2,268 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
13 |
127 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
64 |
74 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
15 |
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) |
37.79 |
36.00 |
Clear days |
135 |
107 |
High temp in July ° F |
94.1° |
87.7° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
32.0° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
83.5% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
25 |
27 |
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
149.6 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) |
100.6 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median age |
27.8 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
47.2% |
63.9% |
Married |
39.0% |
54.3% |
Divorced |
8.5% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,747 |
$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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