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CNN Ranks Doral City 51 in Nation

August 26th, 2008 12:12 PM

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Doral, FL
Top 100 rank: N/A
Population: 32,600
Compare Doral to Top 10 Best Places
Financial
	City stats	Best places avg.
Median family income	$69,359	$90,316
(per year)
Family purchasing power	$64,221	$82,867
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
Sales tax	7.00%	6.74%
State income tax rate	n/a	6.38%
(highest bracket)
State income tax rate	n/a	2.74%
(lowest bracket)
Auto insurance premiums	$2,134	$2,121
(Average for the state)
Job growth %	54.65%	13.41%
(2000-2006)
Housing
	City stats	Best places average
Average home price	$378,537	$359,352
Average property taxes	$3,547	$3,585
-2006
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Education
	City stats	Best places average
Colleges, universities and	20	29
professional schools (within 30 miles)
Junior colleges and	23	18
technical institutes (within 30 miles)
Test scores reading	27.00%	20.10%
(% above/below state average)
Test scores math	27.00%	24.80%
(% above/below average)
% students attending public/private	100.0/0.0	91.1/8.9
schools (located within town limits)
Quality of life
	City stats	Best places average
Air quality index*	75.10%	77.30%
(% of days AQI ranked as good)
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000)	5	1.3
Property crime incidents (per 1,000)	79	20.6
Median commute time	18.8	23.1
(in minutes)
% population with commute	9.90%	15.60%
45 mins. or longer
% population walk or bike to work	2.20%	2.70%
Leisure and culture
	City stats	Best places average
Movie theaters	38	30
(within 15 miles)
Restaurants	4,796	2,899
(within 15 miles)
Bars	304	287
(within 15 miles)
Public golf courses	88	125
(within 30 miles)
Libraries	61	71
(within 15 miles)
Museums (accredited by AAM;	13	11
within 30 miles)
Ski resorts (within 100 miles)	n/a	17
Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts)	2	1
Weather
	City stats	Best places average
Annual rainfall	58.53	40.18
(inches)
% clear days in the area	20	28
High temp in July ° F	90.9°	86.1°
Low temp in Jan ° F	59.6°	24.0°
Health*
	City stats	Best places average
Has health plan	77.00%	90.50%
(% of residents)
Body mass index (avg. for residents)	27	27
Diabetes rates	12.40%	9.30%
(% of residents diagnosed)
Hypertension rates	33.10%	30.60%
(% of residents diagnosed)
Elder-care facilities^**	68	107
Meet the neighbors
	City stats	Best places average
Median age	32.3	36.8
Completed at least some college	75.40%	72.40%
(% of residents)
Married	64.10%	60.80%
Divorced	7.70%	8.00%
Racial diversity index	66.4	59.2
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity)
Amount spent on vacations	$8,025	$8,250
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)

*County data
**Elder-care services refer to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Data from Total Living Choices.

Posted by Robert Meneses on August 26th, 2008 12:12 PMPost a Comment (0)