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Best places to live 2010

Medicine Hat, AB

Current Rank: 40 | 2009 Rank: 82
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Prosperity
Household Income ($): 86,945 Houshold Discretionary (%): 28.70
New cars (%): 14.07 Unemployment rate (%): 4.20
Population 2001 : 61,735 Population (% change '01-'06): 11.50
Population 2006 : 68,822 Population (% change '06-'10): 8.37
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 1
Housing
Average household price ($): 242,729 Time to buy (in years): 2.79
Lifestyle
Walk/Bike To Work (%): 4.76 College: Y
University: N Culture: 145
Transit: 90    
Crime
Crime Severity: 69.60 Violent Crime rate: 1102
Total Crime rate: 7918    
Health
Doctors Per (per 1,000): 1.58 Health Pros (% of pop.): 6.01
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation Days: 99.30 Precipitation (ml/year): 333.80
Days below 0C: 176.40 Ozone (parts per billion): 27
Particulate matter: 3