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Best places to live 2010

Grande Prairie, AB

Current Rank: 129 | 2010 Rank: 111
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 121,375 Houshold discretionary (%): 29.83
New cars (%): 15.56 Unemployment rate (%): 6.40
Population 2001 : 58,787 Population (% change '01-'06): 22.30
Population 2006 : 71,868    
Provincial income tax: 4 Provincial sales tax: 1
Housing
Average household price ($): 257,463 Time to buy (in years): 2.12
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 5.74 College: Y
University: N Culture: 162
Transit: 103    
Crime
Crime severity: 137.00 Violent crime rate: 2536
Total crime rate: 16187    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.25 Health professionals (% of pop.): 4.61
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 128.20 Precipitation (ml/year): 446.60
Days below 0C: 198.00 Ozone (parts per billion): 23
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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