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Best places to live 2010

Kelowna, BC

Current Rank: 121 | 2010 Rank: 115
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 79,008 Houshold discretionary (%): 27.18
New cars (%): 11.31 Unemployment rate (%): 7.50
Population 2001 : 147,739 Population (% change '01-'06): 9.80
Population 2006 : 162,276    
Provincial income tax: 2 Provincial sales tax: 5
Housing
Average household price ($): 518,000 Time to buy (in years): 6.56
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 6.70 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 48
Transit: 77    
Crime
Crime severity: 137.50 Violent crime rate: 2186
Total crime rate: 13876    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.02 Health professionals (% of pop.): 5.77
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 135.10 Precipitation (ml/year): 380.50
Days below 0C: 157.80 Ozone (parts per billion): 20
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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