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Best places to live 2010

Barrie, ON

Current Rank: 127 | 2010 Rank: 92
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 84,390 Houshold discretionary (%): 29.22
New cars (%): 15.62 Unemployment rate (%): 8.40
Population 2001 : 148,480 Population (% change '01-'06): 19.20
Population 2006 : 177,061    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 277,454 Time to buy (in years): 3.29
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 4.49 College: Y
University: N Culture: 88
Transit: 57    
Crime
Crime severity: 67.00 Violent crime rate: 1026
Total crime rate: 6713    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.37 Health professionals (% of pop.): 5.02
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 154.00 Precipitation (ml/year): 700.20
Days below 0C: 159.50 Ozone (parts per billion): 25
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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