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FINALIST
Round Rock, TX
Top 100 rank: 48
Population: 86,300
Compare Round Rock to Top 10 Best Places
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Financial
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City stats
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Best places average
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Median family income
(per year)
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$76,877
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$76,893
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Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
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$86,671
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$68,109
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Sales tax
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8.25%
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6.55%
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State income tax rate
(highest bracket)
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n/a
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6.46%
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State income tax rate
(lowest bracket)
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n/a
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2.74%
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Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state)
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$2,490
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$2,207
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Job growth %
(2000-2005)
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32.26%
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10.97%
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Housing
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City stats
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Best places average
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Median home price
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$193,382
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$259,566
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Home price gain
(2004-2005)
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-3.00%
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9.26%
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Education
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City stats
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Best places average
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Colleges, universities and
professional schools
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2
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8
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Junior colleges and
technical institutes
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0
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0
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Test scores reading
(% +/- state average)
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4.2%
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13.3%
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Test scores math
(% +/- state average)
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7.4%
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16.9%
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% students attending
public/private schools
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97.4/2.60
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88.4/11.59
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Quality of life
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City stats
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Best places average
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Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good)
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n/a
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71.9%
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Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
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44
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45
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Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
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38
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74
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Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000)
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119
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228
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Property crime incidents
(per 100,000)
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2,110
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3,105
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Median commute time
(in minutes)
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24.0
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20.8
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% population with commute
45 mins. or longer
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16.2%
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13.4%
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Leisure and culture
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City stats
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Best places average
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Movie theaters
(within 15 miles)
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9
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22
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Restaurants
(within 15 miles)
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1,420
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2,268
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Bars
(within 15 miles)
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44
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127
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Public golf courses
(within 30 miles)
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48
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74
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Libraries
(within 15 miles)
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20
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43
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Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles)
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1
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7
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Ski resorts (within 100 miles)
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0
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10
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Weather
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City stats
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Best places average
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Annual precipitation
(inches)
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36.42
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36.00
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Clear days
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115
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107
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High temp in July ° F
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95.7°
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87.7°
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Low temp in Jan ° F
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35.1°
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23.5°
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Health*
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City stats
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Best places average
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Has health plan
(% of residents)
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82.2%
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88.2%
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Body mass index
(avg. for residents)
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27
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27
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Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted)
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145.2
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191.3
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Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000)
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126.0
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202.0
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Meet the neighbors
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City stats
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Best places average
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Median age
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29.5
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34.5
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Completed at least some college
(% of residents)
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53.9%
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63.9%
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Married
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60.2%
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54.3%
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Divorced
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9.1%
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9.3%
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Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
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