Best Places to Live best big cities rank: 7
Population: 414,500
Population, age 50+: 110,970
Population growth, age 50+: 11.61%
Taxes
City stats
State income tax rate (highest bracket)
6.84%*
State income tax rate (lowest bracket)
2.56%*
Retirement tax break from state?
No
State property taxes
Above average
Sales tax
7.00%
State gas tax (cents per gallon)
26.1***
Housing
City stats
Median home price
$115,000
Home price gain (2004-2005)
1.80%
Financial
City stats
Median household income (per year)
$43,866
Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state)
$2,010
Quality of life
City stats
Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good)
66.6%
Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
142
Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
179
Personal crime incidents (per 100,000)
642
Property crime incidents (per 100,000)
5,549
Leisure and culture
City stats
Movie theaters (within 15 miles)
18
Restaurants (within 15 miles)
1,588
Bars (within 15 miles)
273
Public golf courses (within 30 miles)
53
Libraries (within 15 miles)
43
Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles)
1
Colleges, universities and professional schools
8
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
2
Weather
City stats
Annual precipitation (inches)
30.08
Clear days
111
High temp in July ° F
85.6°
Low temp in Jan ° F
12.6°
Health***
City stats
Hospitals (within 30 miles)
39
Doctors' offices
491
Body mass index (avg. for residents)
27
Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted)
224.6
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000)
205.0
Meet the neighbors
City stats
Median age
33.4
Completed at least some college (% of residents)
58.2%
Married
45.5%
Divorced
11.8%
*Income tax notes:
15 states have statutory provision for automatic adjustment of tax brackets, personal exemption or standard deductions to the rate of inflation. Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio indexes the personal exemption amounts only. tax credits. The tax brackets reported are for single individual. For married couples filing jointly, the same rates apply for income under $4,000 to over $46,750.
**Gas tax notes:
The gas tax is indexed for inflation in Nebraska, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Nebraska's indexed rate is revised quarterly.
***County data
