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Best places to live 2010

Pickering, ON

Current Rank: 48 | 2010 Rank: 52
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 106,981 Houshold discretionary (%): 30.03
New cars (%): 15.00 Unemployment rate (%): 8.30
Population 2001 : 87,139 Population (% change '01-'06): 0.80
Population 2006 : 87,838    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 328,170 Time to buy (in years): 3.07
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 2.97 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 25
Transit: 19    
Crime
Crime severity: 66.50 Violent crime rate: 828
Total crime rate: 4586    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.94 Health professionals (% of pop.): 4.69
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 142.10 Precipitation (ml/year): 877.90
Days below 0C: 153.40 Ozone (parts per billion): 23
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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