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Best places to live 2010

Guelph, ON

Current Rank: 18 | 2010 Rank: 19
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 86,767 Houshold discretionary (%): 29.34
New cars (%): 14.71 Unemployment rate (%): 7.50
Population 2001 : 117,344 Population (% change '01-'06): 8.20
Population 2006 : 127,009    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 274,814 Time to buy (in years): 3.17
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 8.38 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 51
Transit: 38    
Crime
Crime severity: 55.00 Violent crime rate: 786
Total crime rate: 5321    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.93 Health professionals (% of pop.): 4.92
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 166.60 Precipitation (ml/year): 923.20
Days below 0C: 161.10 Ozone (parts per billion): 26
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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