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Best places to live 2010

Waterloo, ON

Current Rank: 31 | 2010 Rank: 33
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 100,236 Houshold discretionary (%): 29.76
New cars (%): 16.23 Unemployment rate (%): 7.50
Population 2001 : 86,543 Population (% change '01-'06): 12.60
Population 2006 : 97,475    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 304,174 Time to buy (in years): 3.03
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 10.63 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 22
Transit: 48    
Crime
Crime severity: 69.00 Violent crime rate: 957
Total crime rate: 5913    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.34 Health professionals (% of pop.): 4.38
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 164.40 Precipitation (ml/year): 907.90
Days below 0C: 160.40 Ozone (parts per billion): 25
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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