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Best places to live 2010

Kamloops, BC

Current Rank: 106 | 2010 Rank: 61
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 77,469 Houshold discretionary (%): 27.63
New cars (%): 10.78 Unemployment rate (%): 9.60
Population 2001 : 88,951 Population (% change '01-'06): 4.40
Population 2006 : 92,882    
Provincial income tax: 2 Provincial sales tax: 5
Housing
Average household price ($): 288,009 Time to buy (in years): 3.72
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 6.79 College: N
University: Y Culture: 81
Transit: 58    
Crime
Crime severity: 115.50 Violent crime rate: 2429
Total crime rate: 13247    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.26 Health professionals (% of pop.): 5.95
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 107.10 Precipitation (ml/year): 279.00
Days below 0C: 125.20 Ozone (parts per billion): 19
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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