Best Places to Live Top 100 rank: 46
Population: 121,100
Population, age 50+: 38,474
Population growth, age 50+: 13.98%
Taxes
City stats
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
5.00%*
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
3.00%*
Retirement tax break from state?
No
State property taxes
Above average
Sales tax
6.00%
State gas tax (cents per gallon)
25.0
Housing
City stats
Median home price
$459,900
Home price gain (2004-2005)
8.20%
Financial
City stats
Median household income (per year)
$66,485
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$2,505
Quality of life
City stats
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
63.6%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
69
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
99
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
252
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
1,944
Leisure and culture
City stats
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
38
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
2,223
Bars (within 15 miles)
44
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
115
Libraries (within 15 miles)
56
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
22
Colleges, universities and professional schools
9
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
37
Weather
City stats
Annual precipitation (inches)
52.79
Clear days
99
High temp in July ° F
85.4°
Low temp in Jan ° F
19.2°
Health***
City stats
Hospitals (within 30 miles)
399
Doctors' offices
1,305
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
26
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
206.4
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
263.8
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Median age
37.3
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
52.6%
Married
47.7%
Divorced
8.3%
*Income tax notes:
For joint returns, the taxes are twice the tax imposed on half the income. Combined personal exemptions and standard deduction. An additional tax credit is allowed ranging from 75% to 0% based on state adjusted gross income. Exemption amounts are phased out for higher income taxpayers until they are eliminated for households earning over $56,500.
***County data
