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FINALIST
Reston, VA
Top 100 rank: 43
Population: 60,000
Compare Reston to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income (per year) |
$107,532 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$63,779 |
$68,109 |
Sales tax |
5.00% |
6.55% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
5.75% |
6.46% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
2.00% |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state) |
$1,909 |
$2,207 |
Job growth % (2000-2005) |
6.37% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median home price |
$400,000 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain (2004-2005) |
25.00% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and professional schools |
8 |
8 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes |
0 |
0 |
Test scores reading (% +/- state average) |
7.6% |
13.3% |
Test scores math (% +/- state average) |
3.0% |
16.9% |
% students attending public/private schools |
89.5/10.50 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
63.6% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
17 |
45 |
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
59 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000) |
n/a |
228 |
Property crime incidents (per 100,000) |
n/a |
3,105 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
22.6 |
20.8 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
17.8% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
33 |
22 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
3,521 |
2,268 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
19 |
127 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
76 |
74 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
61 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles) |
26 |
7 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
6 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation (inches) |
41.80 |
36.00 |
Clear days |
96 |
107 |
High temp in July ° F |
87.4° |
87.7° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
21.9° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
92.3% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
156.2 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) |
101.7 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median age |
37.7 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
66.7% |
63.9% |
Married |
52.8% |
54.3% |
Divorced |
10.6% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$8,635 |
$7,549 |
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Company |
Best Companies 2006 Rank |
SRA International |
45 |
Booz Allen Hamilton |
72 |
CarMax |
93 |
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Company |
F500 rank |
Sprint Nextel Corporation |
59 |
General Dynamics |
100 |
Dominion Resources |
123 |
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Company |
Employees |
Dominion Resources, Inc. |
7,800 |
Alexandria, City Of |
5,000 |
Mobil Holdings Uk Limited Inc |
4,000 |
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