Median family income (per year) |
$76,535 |
$93,313 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$68,152 |
$84,802 |
Sales tax |
6.00% |
6.60% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
N.A. |
5.22% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
N.A. |
2.42% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average price quotes, for the state) |
$2,020 |
$1,854 |
Job growth % (2000-2007) |
25.85% |
18.60% |
Median home price |
$285,250 |
$293,712 |
Average property taxes (2006) |
$3,903 |
$4,072 |
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Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) |
29 |
40 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes (within 30 miles) |
24 |
20 |
Test scores reading (% above/below state average) |
17.4% |
17.3% |
Test scores math (% above/below average) |
21.4% |
16.6% |
% students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) |
93.2/3.8 |
89.5/10.5 |
Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
89.6% |
76.0% |
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
2 |
2 |
Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
32 |
25 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
30.8 |
23.0 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
25.8% |
15.8% |
% population walk or bike to work |
1.4% |
3.0% |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
52 |
51 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
5,028 |
4,141 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
272 |
338 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
215 |
242 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
74 |
90 |
Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) |
16 |
11 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
N.A. |
13 |
Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
0.9 |
1.5 |
Annual rainfall (inches) |
61.61 |
36.31 |
% clear days in the area |
21 |
30 |
High temp in July ° F |
90.6° |
87.8° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
58.7° |
22.9° |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
84.0% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
26 |
27 |
Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
9.9% |
9.6% |
Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
28.8% |
27.3% |
Median age |
37.5 |
36.0 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
64.5% |
73.6% |
Married |
57.3% |
57.5% |
Divorced |
10.5% |
8.3% |
Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
139.7 |
104.0 |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$7,703 |
$8,012 |
From the August 2008 issue
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