Median family income (per year) |
$55,312 |
$93,313 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$56,269 |
$84,802 |
Sales tax |
6.00% |
6.60% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
N.A. |
5.22% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
3.07% |
2.42% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average price quotes, for the state) |
$1,976 |
$1,854 |
Job growth % (2000-2007) |
12.10% |
18.60% |
Median home price |
$162,000 |
$293,712 |
Average property taxes (2007) |
$3,481 |
$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) |
15.8% |
17.3% |
Test scores math (% above/below average) |
0.6% |
16.6% |
% students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) |
77.3/22.0 |
89.5/10.5 |
Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
64.1% |
76.0% |
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
53 |
2 |
Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
N.A.3 |
25 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
15.5 |
23.0 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
9.9% |
15.8% |
% population walk or bike to work |
7.7% |
3.0% |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
17 |
51 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
1,515 |
4,141 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
188 |
338 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
224 |
242 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
36 |
90 |
Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) |
7 |
11 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
32 |
13 |
Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
1.3 |
1.5 |
Annual rainfall (inches) |
44.95 |
36.31 |
% clear days in the area |
26 |
30 |
High temp in July ° F |
84.3° |
87.8° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
18.7° |
22.9° |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
91.7% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
28 |
27 |
Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
12.8% |
9.6% |
Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
34.5% |
27.3% |
Median age |
38.8 |
36.0 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
53.4% |
73.6% |
Married |
43.6% |
57.5% |
Divorced |
8.2% |
8.3% |
Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
92.0 |
104.0 |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$5,611 |
$8,012 |
From the August 2008 issue
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