Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$60,460
$68,109
Sales tax
5.50%
6.55%
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
6.75%*
6.46%
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
4.60%*
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$1,768
$2,207
Job growth % (2000-2005)
1.58%
10.97%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Median home price
$105,250
$259,566
Home price gain (2004-2005)
-3.40%
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)
7.3%
13.3%
Test scores math (% +/- state average)
1.4%
16.9%
% students attending public/private schools
87.3/12.70
88.4/11.59
Quality of life
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)
24
45
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
97
74
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
289
228
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
3,640
3,105
Median commute time (in minutes)
12.8
20.8
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer
4.4%
13.4%
Leisure and culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
3
22
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
326
2,268
Bars (within 15 miles)
88
127
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
20
74
Libraries (within 15 miles)
4
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
1
7
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
20
10
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual precipitation (inches)
32.12
36.00
Clear days
95
107
High temp in July ° F
82.6°
87.7°
Low temp in Jan ° F
2.5°
23.5°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of residents)
87.9%
88.2%
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
27
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
202.5
191.3
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
264.1
202.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
30.6
34.5
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
63.6%
63.9%
Married
44.2%
54.3%
Divorced
8.8%
9.3%
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$6,590
$7,549
*County data
Income tax notes:
The tax brackets reported are for single individuals. For married taxpayers, the same rates apply to income brackets ranging from $11,780 to $176,770. An additional $250 exemption is provided for each taxpayer or spouse age 65 or over.
