Median family income (per year) |
$56,592 |
$93,313 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$71,909 |
$84,802 |
Sales tax |
8.73% |
6.60% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
5.65%I |
5.22% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
0.50%I |
2.42% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average price quotes, for the state) |
$1,742 |
$1,854 |
Job growth % (2000-2007) |
12.26% |
18.60% |
Median home price |
$122,000 |
$293,712 |
Average property taxes (2006) |
$1,129 |
$4,072 |
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Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) |
15 |
40 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes (within 30 miles) |
8 |
20 |
Test scores reading (% above/below state average) |
-5.9% |
17.3% |
Test scores math (% above/below average) |
-8.7% |
16.6% |
% students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) |
93.2/6.7 |
89.5/10.5 |
Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
77.3% |
76.0% |
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
8 |
2 |
Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
63 |
25 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
18.6 |
23.0 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
5.6% |
15.8% |
% population walk or bike to work |
2.6% |
3.0% |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
32 |
51 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
2,309 |
4,141 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
167 |
338 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
126 |
242 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
45 |
90 |
Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) |
7 |
11 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
N.A. |
13 |
Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
1.6 |
1.5 |
Annual rainfall (inches) |
36.01 |
36.31 |
% clear days in the area |
38 |
30 |
High temp in July ° F |
93.1° |
87.8° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
25.6° |
22.9° |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
83.1% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
13.9% |
9.6% |
Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
35.4% |
27.3% |
Median age |
35.3 |
36.0 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
62.3% |
73.6% |
Married |
49.7% |
57.5% |
Divorced |
13.3% |
8.3% |
Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
153.4 |
104.0 |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,996 |
$8,012 |
From the August 2008 issue
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