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Boston, MA
Population: 590,763
Population, age 50+: 137,300
Population growth, age 50+: 3.9%
Financial
  City stats
Median family income
(per year)
$49,434
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$39,674
Sales tax 5.00%
State income tax rate
(highest bracket)
5.30%I
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket)
5.30%I
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state)
n/a
Retirement tax break from state? No
Housing
  City stats
Median home price $484,648
Average property taxes
(2006)
$4,666
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Quality of life
  City stats
Air quality index*
(% of days AQI ranked as good)
76.4%
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) 13
Property crime incidents (per 1,000) 45
Leisure and culture
  City stats
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles)
59
Restaurants
(within 15 miles)
6,492
Bars
(within 15 miles)
479
Public tennis courts 88
Public swimming pools 12
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles)
202
Park acres 5,496
Libraries
(within 15 miles)
209
Museums (accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles)
27
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) 24
Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) 2
Weather
  City stats
Annual rainfall
(inches)
42.53
% clear days in the area 27
Snowfall
(average in inches)
42.60
High temp in July ° F 82.2°
Low temp in Jan ° F 22.1°
Health*
  City stats
Life expectancy
(men/women)
73.4/79.4
Has health plan
(% of residents)
89.2%
Diabetes rates
(% of residents diagnosed)
9.4%
Hypertension rates
(% of residents diagnosed)
28.0%
Geriatric doctors
(per 100,000 population)
20
Cancer doctors
(per 100,000)
214
Radiologists
(per 100,000)
293
Heart doctors
(per 100,000)
215
Elder-care facilities** 216
Meet the neighbors
  City stats
Median age 33.0
Completed at least some college
(% of residents)
60.9%
Married 28.5%
Divorced 7.1%
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity)
298.6
*County data
**Elder-care services refer to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Data from Total Living Choices.

(I) Income tax notes:
17 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.
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