Median family income (per year) |
$68,233 |
$93,313 |
Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$83,313 |
$84,802 |
Sales tax |
6.00% |
6.60% |
State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
7.00%I |
5.22% |
State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
2.50%I |
2.42% |
Auto insurance premiums (Average price quotes, for the state) |
$1,601 |
$1,854 |
Job growth % (2000-2007) |
2.96% |
18.60% |
Median home price |
$134,000 |
$293,712 |
Average property taxes (2006) |
$1,442 |
$4,072 |
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Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) |
8 |
40 |
Junior colleges and technical institutes (within 30 miles) |
6 |
20 |
Test scores reading (% above/below state average) |
6.5% |
17.3% |
Test scores math (% above/below average) |
4.3% |
16.6% |
% students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) |
96.0/4.0 |
89.5/10.5 |
Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
57.3% |
76.0% |
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
83 |
2 |
Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
N.A.3 |
25 |
Median commute time (in minutes) |
19.8 |
23.0 |
% population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
6.7% |
15.8% |
% population walk or bike to work |
0.8% |
3.0% |
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
8 |
51 |
Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
1,170 |
4,141 |
Bars (within 15 miles) |
81 |
338 |
Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
111 |
242 |
Libraries (within 15 miles) |
17 |
90 |
Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) |
1 |
11 |
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
10 |
13 |
Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
1.4 |
1.5 |
Annual rainfall (inches) |
54.77 |
36.31 |
% clear days in the area |
27 |
30 |
High temp in July ° F |
87.7° |
87.8° |
Low temp in Jan ° F |
30.5° |
22.9° |
Has health plan (% of residents) |
87.9% |
88.2% |
Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
10.8% |
9.6% |
Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
36.6% |
27.3% |
Median age |
38.0 |
36.0 |
Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
65.3% |
73.6% |
Married |
58.9% |
57.5% |
Divorced |
8.0% |
8.3% |
Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
86.0 |
104.0 |
Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$7,764 |
$8,012 |
From the August 2008 issue
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