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Mercer Island, WA
Top 100 rank: N/A
Population: 21,800
Compare Mercer Island to Top 10 Best Places
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City stats |
Best places avg. |
Median family income
(per year) |
$133,004 |
$90,316 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$128,258 |
$82,867 |
| Sales tax |
8.80% |
6.74% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
n/a |
6.38% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
n/a |
2.74% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$1,940 |
$2,121 |
Job growth %
(2000-2006) |
2.40% |
13.41% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Average home price |
$989,964 |
$359,352 |
Average property taxes
(2006) |
$6,795 |
$3,585 |
| See homes for sale |
| See million-dollar homes |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Colleges, universities and
professional schools (within 30 miles) |
16 |
29 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes (within 30 miles) |
24 |
18 |
Test scores reading
(% above/below state average) |
29.9% |
20.1% |
Test scores math
(% above/below average) |
67.0% |
24.8% |
% students attending public/private
schools (located within town limits) |
86.0/14.0 |
91.1/8.9 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Air quality index*
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
86.3% |
77.3% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
0 |
1.3 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
21 |
20.6 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) |
21.3 |
23.1 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer |
7.2% |
15.6% |
| % population walk or bike to work |
2.2% |
2.7% |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
60 |
30 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
4,570 |
2,899 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
420 |
287 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
128 |
125 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
111 |
71 |
Museums (accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles) |
9 |
11 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
9 |
17 |
| Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
1 |
1 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Annual rainfall
(inches) |
38.25 |
40.18 |
| % clear days in the area |
16 |
28 |
| High temp in July ° F |
74.5° |
86.1° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
36.0° |
24.0° |
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City stats |
Best places average |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
89.4% |
90.5% |
| Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Diabetes rates
(% of residents diagnosed) |
8.8% |
9.3% |
Hypertension rates
(% of residents diagnosed) |
27.7% |
30.6% |
| Elder-care facilities** |
242 |
107 |
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City stats |
Best places average |
| Median age |
45.4 |
36.8 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
90.1% |
72.4% |
| Married |
65.5% |
60.8% |
| Divorced |
7.8% |
8.0% |
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
77.6 |
59.2 |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$9,138 |
$8,250 |
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