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Best places to live 2010

St. Catharines, ON

Current Rank: 89 | 2010 Rank: 95
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 68,384 Houshold discretionary (%): 26.52
New cars (%): 13.59 Unemployment rate (%): 9.90
Population 2001 : 129,170 Population (% change '01-'06): 2.20
Population 2006 : 131,989    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 236,789 Time to buy (in years): 3.46
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 6.98 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 55
Transit: 51    
Crime
Crime severity: 69.50 Violent crime rate: 937
Total crime rate: 5811    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.29 Health professionals (% of pop.): 6.02
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 151.00 Precipitation (ml/year): 873.60
Days below 0C: 129.20 Ozone (parts per billion): 24
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
 7