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FINALIST
Virginia Beach, VA
Best big cities rank: 6
Population: 438,400
Compare Virginia Beach to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places average |
Median family income
(per year) |
$60,299 |
$76,893 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$55,017 |
$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) |
6.83% |
10.97% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median home price |
$220,000 |
$259,566 |
Home price gain
(2004-2005) |
20.90% |
9.26% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools |
8 |
8 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes |
2 |
0 |
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average) |
7.2% |
13.3% |
Test scores math
(% +/- state average) |
7.7% |
16.9% |
% students attending
public/private schools |
93.1/6.90 |
88.4/11.59 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
72.4% |
71.9% |
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
45 |
45 |
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
84 |
74 |
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
226 |
228 |
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000) |
3,042 |
3,105 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
21.2 |
20.8 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
8.8% |
13.4% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
19 |
22 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
2,287 |
2,268 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
37 |
127 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
35 |
74 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
41 |
43 |
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
5 |
7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
0 |
10 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual precipitation
(inches) |
44.50 |
36.00 |
| Clear days |
106 |
107 |
| High temp in July ° F |
86.9° |
87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
32.2° |
23.5° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
89.2% |
88.2% |
Body mass index
(avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
190.6 |
191.3 |
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000) |
156.1 |
202.0 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
33.6 |
34.5 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
61.5% |
63.9% |
| Married |
53.9% |
54.3% |
| Divorced |
9.7% |
9.3% |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$7,300 |
$7,549 |
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| Company |
Best Companies
2006 Rank |
| SRA International |
45 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton |
72 |
| CarMax |
93 |
| See the rest |
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| Company |
F500 rank |
| Sprint Nextel Corporation |
59 |
| General Dynamics |
100 |
| Dominion Resources |
123 |
| See the rest |
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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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