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Best places to live 2010

Whitehorse, YT

Current Rank: 12 | 2010 Rank: 30
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 90,578 Houshold discretionary (%): 31.37
New cars (%): 75.87 Unemployment rate (%): 4.40
Population 2001 : 21,405 Population (% change '01-'06): 7.00
Population 2006 : 22,898    
Provincial income tax: 3 Provincial sales tax: 1
Housing
Average household price ($): 322,800 Time to buy (in years): 3.56
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 11.51 College: Y
University: N Culture: 10
Transit: 67    
Crime
Crime severity: 148.50 Violent crime rate: 3151
Total crime rate: 21536    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.84 Health professionals (% of pop.): 5.60
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 122.20 Precipitation (ml/year): 267.40
Days below 0C: 225.00 Ozone (parts per billion): 29
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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