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Best places to live 2010

Edmonton, AB

Current Rank: 8 | 2010 Rank: 15
City website

Prosperity
Household income ($): 93,872 Houshold discretionary (%): 30.05
New cars (%): 15.85 Unemployment rate (%): 6.10
Population 2001 : 666,104 Population (% change '01-'06): 9.60
Population 2006 : 730,372    
Provincial income tax: 4 Provincial sales tax: 1
Housing
Average household price ($): 310,885 Time to buy (in years): 3.31
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 7.12 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 51
Transit: 21    
Crime
Crime severity: 136.50 Violent crime rate: 1354
Total crime rate: 9708    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.42 Health professionals (% of pop.): 6.41
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 125.80 Precipitation (ml/year): 476.90
Days below 0C: 178.60 Ozone (parts per billion): 19
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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