MONEY Magazine: Best places to live 2006: Glendora, CA snapshot (original) (raw)

| Glendora, CA Population: 51,608 Compare Glendora to Top 10 Best Places Financial City stats Best places average Median family income(per year) 73,63773,637 73,63776,893 Family purchasing power(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) 47,47747,477 47,47768,109 Sales tax 8.25% 6.55% State income tax rate(highest bracket) 9.30%* 6.46% State income tax rate(lowest bracket) 1.00%* 2.74% Auto insurance premiums(Average for the state) 2,1862,186 2,1862,207 Job growth %(2000-2005) 7.76% 10.97% Housing City stats Best places average Median home price 490,000490,000 490,000259,566 Home price gain(2004-2005) 15.30% 9.26% Education City stats Best places average Colleges, universities andprofessional schools 18 8 Junior colleges andtechnical institutes 1 0 Test scores reading(% +/- state average) 19.9% 13.3% Test scores math(% +/- state average) 49.8% 16.9% % students attendingpublic/private schools 82.4/17.60 88.4/11.59 Quality of life City stats Best places average Air quality index(% of days AQI ranked as good) 32.9% 71.9% Personal crime risk(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) 59 45 Property crime risk(100 is nat'l average; lower is better) 51 74 Personal crime incidents(per 100,000) 142 228 Property crime incidents(per 100,000) 2,537 3,105 Median commute time(in minutes) 25.2 20.8 % population with commute45 mins. or longer 23.8% 13.4% Leisure and culture City stats Best places average Movie theaters(within 15 miles) 22 22 Restaurants(within 15 miles) 4,157 2,268 Bars(within 15 miles) 150 127 Public golf courses(within 30 miles) 122 74 Libraries(within 15 miles) 49 43 Museums (accredited by AAMwithin 30 miles) 15 7 Ski resorts (within 100 miles) 7 10 Weather City stats Best places average Annual precipitation(inches) 16.96 36.00 Clear days 147 107 High temp in July ° F 88.7° 87.7° Low temp in Jan ° F 41.5° 23.5° Health* City stats Best places average Has health plan(% of residents) 80.2% 88.2% Body mass index(avg. for residents) 27 27 Cancer mortality(per 100,000, age-adjusted) 154.5 191.3 Cardiac mortality(per 100,000) 209.9 202.0 Meet the neighbors City stats Best places average Median age 36.8 34.5 Completed at least some college(% of residents) 66.7% 63.9% Married 52.9% 54.3% Divorced 9.7% 9.3% Amount spent on vacations(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) 7,7467,746 7,7467,549 | Nearby places See city stats Compare Covina, CA West Covina, CA Pomona, CA Baldwin Park, CA Diamond Bar, CA Rowland Heights, CA Arcadia, CA Upland, CA El Monte, CA Hacienda Heights, CA California companies FORTUNE: Best to work for Company Best Companies2006 Rank Genentech 1 Vision Service Plan 7 Qualcomm 23 See the rest FORTUNE 500 Company F500 rank Chevron Corporation 4 Hewlett-Packard 11 McKesson 16 See the rest Biggest employers Company Employees Wells Fargo & Company Inc 33,100 The University Of Southern California 17,112 Macy's California, Inc 15,620 | | | 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