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Green Bay Statistics
(According to CNN Money Magazine Best Places to Live)
| Financial |
Green Bay
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Best Places Avg. |
| Median family income (per year) |
$55,814 |
$90,316 |
| Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$59,000 |
$82,867 |
| Sales tax |
5.50% |
6.74% |
| State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
6.75% |
6.38% |
| State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
4.60% |
2.74% |
| Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state) |
$1,605 |
$2,121 |
| Job growth % (2000-2006) |
4.28% |
13.41% |
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| Housing | Green Bay
| Best Places Avg. |
| Median home price |
$135,728 |
$359,352 |
| Average property taxes (2006) |
$2,847 |
$3,585 |
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| Education | Green Bay
| Best Places Avg. |
| Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) |
5 |
29 |
| Junior colleges and technical institutes (within 30 miles) |
4 |
18 |
| Test scores reading (% above/below state average) |
-13.0% |
20.1% |
| Test scores math (% above/below average) |
-7.0% |
24.8% |
% students attending public/private schools
(located within town limits) |
84.6/15.4 |
91.1/8.9 |
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Quality of Life
| Green Bay
| Best Places Avg. |
| Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
88.4% |
77.3% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
5 |
13 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
28 |
206 |
| Median commute time (in minutes) |
14.8 |
23.1 |
| % population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
5.3% |
15.6% |
| % population walk or bike to work |
3.7% |
2.7% |
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Leisure & Culture
| Green Bay
| Best Places Avg. |
| Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
6 |
30 |
| Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
535 |
2,899 |
| Bars (within 15 miles) |
275 |
287 |
| Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
58 |
125 |
| Libraries (within 15 miles) |
15 |
71 |
| Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) |
4 |
11 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
22 |
17 |
| Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
1 |
1 |
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| Weather | Green Bay
| Best Places Avg. |
| Annual rainfall (inches) |
29.19 |
40.18 |
| % clear days in the area |
23 |
28 |
| High temp in July ° F |
81.2° |
86.1° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
7.1° |
24.0° |
| Health | Green Bay
| Best Places Avg. |
| Have health plan (% of residents) |
92.1% |
90.5% |
| Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
27 |
27 |
| Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
6.6% |
9.3% |
| Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
25.8% |
30.6% |
| Elder-care facilities |
19 |
107 |
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| Meet the Neighbors | Green Bay
| Best Places Avg. |
| Median age |
33.8 |
36.8 |
| Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
50.4% |
72.4% |
| Married |
47.0% |
60.8% |
| Divorced |
11.6% |
8.0% |
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
60.5 |
59.2 |
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,597 |
$8,250 |
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