Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$59,568
$68,109
Sales tax
6.35%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
7.00%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
2.30%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$1,921
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
6.35%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$199,500
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
13.60%
9.26%
Education
City stats
Best places average
Colleges, universities and professional schools
1
8
Junior colleges and technical institutes
1
0
Test scores reading (% +/- state average)
10.8%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
1.7%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
98.9/1.10
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
77.8%
71.9%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
22
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
74
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
60
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
4,376
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
14.2
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
6.2%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
10
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
563
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
7
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
31
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
9
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
1
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
12
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
12.84
36.00
Clear days
125
107
High temp in July ° F
92.3°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
20.3°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
82.0%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
26
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
99.5
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
110.8
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
25.1
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
67.9%
63.9%
Married
55.2%
54.3%
Divorced
5.8%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$7,218
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
For joint returns, the taxes are twice the tax imposed on half the income. 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.
