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Best places to live 2010

Yellowknife, NW

Current Rank: 39 | 2010 Rank: 23
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 145,412 Houshold discretionary (%): 31.22
New cars (%): 18.74 Unemployment rate (%): 7.70
Population 2001 : 16,541 Population (% change '01-'06): 13.10
Population 2006 : 18,700    
Provincial income tax: 1 Provincial sales tax: 1
Housing
Average household price ($): 375,218 Time to buy (in years): 2.58
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 24.32 College: Y
University: N Culture: 13
Transit: 119    
Crime
Crime severity: 181.50 Violent crime rate: 4087
Total crime rate: 32918    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.37 Health professionals (% of pop.): 4.92
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 118.90 Precipitation (ml/year): 280.20
Days below 0C: 222.20 Ozone (parts per billion): 24
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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