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Quality of Life Statistics
for U.S. Metropolitan Areas
| 2003 Median Household Income |
| San Jose |
$70,240 |
| San Francisco |
$57,833 |
| Seattle |
$49,469 |
| Charlotte |
$44,375 |
| Boston |
$42,565 |
| Washington |
$42,118 |
| Austin |
$40,921 |
| Chicago |
$40,879 |
| New York |
$39,937 |
| Pittsburgh |
$30,976 |
| Detroit |
$26,957 |
| (Source: Census Bureau) |
2005 Median Price of an Existing
Single-family Home |
| San Jose metropolitan area |
$744,500 |
| San Francisco metropolitan area |
$715,700 |
| New York metropolitan area |
$446,500 |
| Washington metropolitan area |
$424,700 |
| Boston metropolitan area |
$414,000 |
| Seattle metropolitan area |
$316,800 |
| Chicago metropolitan area |
$263,700 |
| Charlotte metropolitan area |
$180,900 |
| Austin metropolitan area |
$163,800 |
| Detroit metropolitan area |
$134,500 |
| Pittsburgh metropolitan area |
$116,100 |
(Source: National Association of Realtors) |
| 2002 Average Commuting Times |
| New York |
38.4 minutes |
| Chicago |
32.7 minutes |
| Washington |
29.4 minutes |
| San Francisco |
29.2 minutes |
| San Jose |
25.6 minutes |
| Boston |
28.2 minutes |
| Pittsburgh |
24.9 minutes |
| Detroit |
24.8 minutes |
| Seattle |
23.8 minutes |
| Austin |
22.3 minutes |
| Charlotte |
22.0 minutes |
| (Source: Census Bureau) |
| Colleges and Universities |
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| New York |
148 |
| California |
131 |
| Pennsylvania |
128 |
| Texas |
100 |
| Illinois |
75 |
| Massachusetts |
75 |
| North Carolina |
53 |
| Michigan |
46 |
| Washington |
28 |
| District of Columbia |
16 |
| (Source: University of Texas) |
| 2005 Homicide Rate (per 100,000 residents) |
| Washington |
45 |
| Detroit |
42 |
| Chicago |
16 |
| Boston |
13 |
| Charlotte |
12 |
| San Francisco |
11 |
| New York |
7 |
| Austin |
4 |
| Seattle |
4 |
| San Jose |
2 |
(Sources: Washington Times, Boston Globe,
Raleigh News and Observer, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, San Jose Mercury News.)
(San Francisco and San Jose, 2004 data.) |
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