CITY STATS: 2007
Columbia, MO
Top 100 rank: N/AC   Population: 89,500
Compare Columbia to Top 10 Best Places
   
    
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Financial
  City stats Best places avg.
Median family income
(per year)
$58,600 $90,316
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$64,044 $82,867
Sales tax 7.60% 6.74%
State income tax rate
(highest bracket)
6.00% 6.38%
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket)
1.50% 2.74%
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state)
$1,588 $2,121
Job growth %
(2000-2006)
9.13% 13.41%
            
Housing
  City stats Best places average
Median home price $195,873 $359,352
Average property taxes
(2005)
$1,469 $3,585
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Education
  City stats Best places average
Colleges, universities and
professional schools (within 30 miles)
8 29
Junior colleges and
technical institutes (within 30 miles)
2 18
Test scores reading
(% above/below state average)
16.7% 20.1%
Test scores math
(% above/below average)
10.0% 24.8%
% students attending public/private
schools (located within town limits)
93.8/6.2 91.1/8.9
 
Quality of life
  City stats Best places average
Air quality index*
(% of days AQI ranked as good)
86.7% 77.3%
Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) 5 13
Property crime incidents (per 1,000) 34 206
Median commute time
(in minutes)
13.0 23.1
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer
4.5% 15.6%
% population walk or bike to work 9.0% 2.7%
 
Leisure and culture
  City stats Best places average
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles)
4 30
Restaurants
(within 15 miles)
331 2,899
Bars
(within 15 miles)
50 287
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles)
20 125
Libraries
(within 15 miles)
9 71
Museums (accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles)
1 11
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) 1 17
Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) 1 1
 
Weather
  City stats Best places average
Annual rainfall
(inches)
40.28 40.18
% clear days in the area 33 28
High temp in July ° F 88.6° 86.1°
Low temp in Jan ° F 18.2° 24.0°
 
Health
  City stats Best places average
Has health plan
(% of residents)
85.7% 90.5%
Body mass index (avg. for residents) 27 27
Diabetes rates
(% of residents diagnosed)
8.0% 9.3%
Hypertension rates
(% of residents diagnosed)
26.8% 30.6%
Elder-care facilities** 19 107
 
Meet the neighbors
  City stats Best places average
Median age 29.3 36.8
Completed at least some college
(% of residents)
75.3% 72.4%
Married 38.2% 60.8%
Divorced 9.5% 8.0%
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity)
75.0 59.2
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$6,755 $8,250