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Best places to live 2010

Kingston, ON

Current Rank: 4 | 2010 Rank: 2
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 76,042 Houshold discretionary (%): 27.70
New cars (%): 13.64 Unemployment rate (%): 6.80
Population 2001 : 146,838 Population (% change '01-'06): 3.80
Population 2006 : 152,358    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 252,246 Time to buy (in years): 3.32
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 12.01 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 32
Transit: 53    
Crime
Crime severity: 77.00 Violent crime rate: 1317
Total crime rate: 6191    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 4.09 Health professionals (% of pop.): 8.12
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 156.20 Precipitation (ml/year): 960.10
Days below 0C: 136.50 Ozone (parts per billion): 23
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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