Family purchasing power (annual,
cost-of-living adjusted)
$52,868
$82,867
Sales tax
6.00%
6.74%
State income tax rate (highest
bracket)
3.90%I
6.38%
State income tax rate (lowest
bracket)
3.90%I
2.74%
Auto insurance premiums (Average for
the state)
$2,111
$2,121
Job growth % (2000-2006)
8.25%
13.41%
Housing
City stats
Best places average
Average home price
n/a
$359,352
Average property taxes (2006)
$1,885
$3,585
Education
City stats
Best places average
Colleges, universities
and
professional schools
(within 30 miles)
n/a
29
Junior colleges and
technical institutes
(within 30 miles)
1
18
Test scores reading (%
above/below state average)
9.0%
20.1%
Test scores math (%
above/below average)
12.0%
24.8%
% students attending
public/private
schools
(located within town limits)
77.4/22.6
91.1/8.9
Quality of
life
City stats
Best places average
Air quality index* (% of days
AQI ranked as good)
n/a
77.3%
Personal crime incidents
(per 1,000)
4
1.3
Property crime incidents
(per 1,000)
27
20.6
Median commute time (in minutes)
12.0
23.1
% population with
commute
45 mins. or longer
5.7%
15.6%
% population walk or
bike to work
7.4%
2.7%
Leisure and
culture
City stats
Best places average
Movie theaters (within 15
miles)
5
30
Restaurants (within 15
miles)
266
2,899
Bars (within 15
miles)
31
287
Public golf courses (within 30
miles)
37
125
Libraries (within 15
miles)
11
71
Museums
(accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles)
n/a
11
Ski resorts
(within 100 miles)
22
17
Arts funding
(Dollars per person
of state funds spent on arts)
1
1
Weather
City stats
Best places average
Annual rainfall (inches)
33.47
40.18
% clear days in the area
18
28
High temp in July ° F
81.2°
86.1°
Low temp in Jan ° F
14.4°
24.0°
Health*
City stats
Best places average
Has health plan (% of
residents)
88.3%
90.5%
Body mass index
(avg. for residents)
28
27
Diabetes rates (% of
residents diagnosed)
7.1%
9.3%
Hypertension rates (% of
residents diagnosed)
38.8%
30.6%
Elder-care facilities**
8
107
Meet the
neighbors
City stats
Best places average
Median age
39.5
36.8
Completed at least some
college (% of
residents)
68.9%
72.4%
Married
44.7%
60.8%
Divorced
13.5%
8.0%
Racial diversity index (100 is
national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity)
14.2
59.2
Amount spent on
vacations (domestic and
foreign, household avg. per year)
$6,861
$8,250
*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.
