Median family income
(per year) | $105,067 | $93,075 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) | $85,525 | $107,483 |
| Sales tax | 6.00% | 6.57% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) | N.A. | 5.17% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) | 3.40% | 2.43% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) | $1,455 | $1,791 |
Job growth %
(2000-2007) | 45.09% | 18.72% |
| Median home price | $200,830 | $291,949 |
Average property taxes
(2006) | $2,218 | $3,886 |
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Colleges, universities and
professional schools (within 30 miles) | 12 | 49 |
Junior colleges and
technical institutes (within 30 miles) | 9 | 25 |
Test scores reading
(% above/below state average) | 34.7% | 17.3% |
Test scores math
(% above/below average) | 21.0% | 16.4% |
% students attending public/private
schools (located within town limits) | 94.2/5.8 | 89.0/11.0 |
Air quality index*
(% of days AQI ranked as good) | 69.1% | 75.9% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) | 0 | 2 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) | 10 | 25 |
Median commute time
(in minutes) | 23.0 | 23.0 |
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer | 9.3% | 15.7% |
| % population walk or bike to work | 0.9% | 3.0% |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) | 31 | 51 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) | 2,223 | 4,094 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) | 291 | 408 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) | 181 | 316 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) | 60 | 89 |
Museums (accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles) | 8 | 13 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) | 2 | 33 |
| Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) | 0.7 | 1.5 |
Annual rainfall
(inches) | 40.66 | 36.17 |
| % clear days in the area | 24 | 30 |
| High temp in July ° F | 84.2° | 87.8° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F | 16.5° | 22.9° |
Has health plan
(% of residents) | 91.8% | 88.3% |
| Body mass index (avg. for residents) | 26 | 27 |
Diabetes rates
(% of residents diagnosed) | 5.4% | 9.6% |
Hypertension rates
(% of residents diagnosed) | 19.8% | 27.2% |
| Median age | 29.9 | 35.9 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) | 87.6% | 73.7% |
| Married | 70.1% | 57.5% |
| Divorced | 8.1% | 8.3% |
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) | 50.9 | 104.2 |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) | $8,542 | $8,007 |
Beverly Fast Sinclair
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