Interesting census type site

[livendive 8]

So how does your hometown stack up?
http://www.city-data.com/

I thought mine (West Richland, WA) looked ok, then I looked at the "Top 100" lists. Man, housing in Texas is apparently really cheap on a cost of living basis, but check out Fort Knox, Kentucky where most people can buy a home with 5 months wages! (median household income $34,020, median house value $14,200) Of course on the other end of the spectrum is Isla Vista, California, where the median household income is $16,151 and the median house vaule is $402,400). That'd be depressing!

Blues,
Dave
(yes, I'm a bit geeky )

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[skymama 37]

That's a pretty cool site. I found these statistics interesting about my city:

Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

It was a surprise that they would list the "black race population" as a statistic about the city. The other two...well, it just makes you wanna move here, doesn't it?

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[livendive 8]

I wasn't too surprized by mine...new housing going up like crazy in a pretty monocolor small town.

Population 9,071 (est.2002)
Median resident age: 32.9 years
Median household income: $57,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $124,800 (year 2000)
White Non-Hispanic (90.6%)
Hispanic (4.8%)
Two or more races (2.2%)
Other race (1.9%)
American Indian (1.4%)
Black (0.6%)
High school or higher: 90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 8.9%
Unemployed: 5.3%
Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes
Crime in West Richland (2002):
0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
1 rape (11.6 per 100,000)
0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
11 assaults (127.4 per 100,000)
26 burglaries (301.1 per 100,000)
75 larceny counts (868.7 per 100,000)
4 auto thefts (46.3 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 92.3 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Population density below state average for cities.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)