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Best places to live 2010

Peterborough, ON

Current Rank: 38 | 2010 Rank: 18
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 72,025 Houshold discretionary (%): 27.21
New cars (%): 13.07 Unemployment rate (%): 8.50
Population 2001 : 110,876 Population (% change '01-'06): 5.10
Population 2006 : 116,570    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 253,636 Time to buy (in years): 3.52
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 10.15 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 57
Transit: 80    
Crime
Crime severity: 79.50 Violent crime rate: 1119
Total crime rate: 6778    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.11 Health professionals (% of pop.): 6.79
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 160.70 Precipitation (ml/year): 840.30
Days below 0C: 171.90 Ozone (parts per billion): 27
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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