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METRO REPORTS
Compare in-depth comparative data on a wide variety of business climate and quality of life factors, including
housing affordability, crime, living costs, public schools, taxes, logistics infrastructure,
traffic congestion and commuting, college educated workers, commercial air access, continuing
education opportunities, spouse employment opportunities, and much more. Data is updated annually
throughout the year and comes from Expansion Management magazine's numerous research studies.
Percentile: 99 is highest, 1 is lowest
Rating: 5-Star, 4-Star, 3-Star, 2-Star or 1-Star
Each Report Contains the Following Information:
2005 Metro Estimated Population
States Included in the Metro Area
OVERALL RATING
Overall Metro Percentile
Overall Metro Rating
QUALITY OF LIFE
Overall Quality of Life Percentile
Quality of Life Rating
- Crime & Safety Percentile
- Violent Crime
- Property Crime
- Affordable Housing Percentile
- Rental Prices
- Home Prices
- Quality Public Schools Percentile
- Adult Education Percentile
- Adults with at least a HS degree
- Adults with at least a BA/BS degree
- Adults with at least a MA/MS degree
- Adults with a Professional degree
- Adults with a Ph.D. degree
- Living Standard Percentile
- Median Family Income
- Per Capita Income
- Cost of Living
- Unemployment Rate
- Tax Burden per capita
- Per Capita Disposable Income
- Employment Percentile
- Average Annual Pay
- Average Wage Per Job
- Labor Availability
- Population Age 18—to—34
- Traffic & Commuting Percentile
- Average Commuting Time to Work
- Population That Works Outside County of Residence
- Continuing Education Opportunity Percentile
- Local institution Offer AA degree (Highest degree awarded)
- Offer BA/BS degree (Highest degree awarded)
- Offer MA/MS degree (Highest degree awarded)
- Offer PhD degree (Highest degree awarded)
- Commercial Airport Access Percentile
LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE
Overall Logistics Percentile
Logistics Infrastructure Rating
- Industry Percentile
- Revenue
- Establishments
- Work Force Percentile
- Annual Payroll
- Total Employees
- Average Salary
- Revenue per Employee
- Road Infrastructure Percentile
- Public Road Mileage
- Capital Outlay for Roads Bridges
- Highway Maintenance Per Mile
- Highway Law Enforcement
- Road Congestion Percentile
- Roadway Miles per Capita
- Total Miles as Freeways
- Average Daily Freeway Traffic
- Average Daily Traffic per Freeway Lane
- Road & Bridge Condition Percentile
- Bridges Structurally Deficient
- Bridges Obsolete
- 5—Year Improvement Trend
- Interstate Highways Percentile
- Interstate Main Routes (Total)
- Interstate Auxiliary Routes (Total)
- Vehicle Taxes & Fees Percentile
- Hwy User Taxes & Fees
- Motor Fuel Excise Tax
- Railroad Access Percentile
- Railroad Carrier Service
- Water Port Access Percentile
- Total Cargo Tonnage
- Domestic Tonnage
- Foreign Tonnage
- Import Tonnage
- Export Tonnage
- Air Cargo
- Air Courier Establishments
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Overall Metrowide Public Schools Percentile
Overall Metrowide Public Schools Rating
- Academic Percentile
- Community Spending on Education Percentile
- Adult Education & Income Percentile
- Total Public School Enrollment Metrowide
COLLEGE—EDUCATED WORK FORCE
College—Educated Work Force Percentile
College—Educated Work Force Rating
- BA/BS (as percentage of work force) Percentile
- MA/MS (as percentage of work force) Percentile
- Professional Degree (as percentage of work force) Percentile
- Ph.D. (as percentage of work force) Percentile
- Science & Engineering (as percentage of work force) Percentile
- M.D. (as percentage of work force) Percentile
- University R&D Spending Percentile
- Junior College, College & University Presence Percentile
HEALTHCARE COSTS
Overall Health Care Cost Percentile
Health Care Cost Rating
- Health Care Facilities Percentile
- Health Care Providers Percentile
- Health Insurance Cost Percentile
- Doctor Visit Cost Percentile
- Malpractice Cost Percentile
GOVERNMENT TAX & INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING
Overall Government Tax Environment Percentile
Government Tax & Spending Rating
- State General Tax Bite Percentile
- Tax Revenue per Capita
- Tax Revenues derived from Corporate Income Tax
- Tax Revenues derived from Individual Income Tax
- Tax Revenues derived from Sales Tax
- Tax Revenues derived from Property Tax
- State Infrastructure Spending Percentile
- State Highway Spending (as percentage of overall budget) Percentile
- State Education Spending (as percentage of overall budget) Percentile
- State Health Spending (as percentage of overall budget) Percentile
- State Police Protection Spending (as pct. of overall budget) Percentile
- State Recreation & Parks Spending (as pct. of overall budget) Percentile
- State Debt Management Percentile
- State Debt Service Ratio
- State Debt per Capita
- State Debt per Total Revenues
- 5—Year Improvement Trends Percentile
- TREND in Reliance on Individual Income Tax as a source of revenue
- TREND in Reliance on Corporate Income Tax as a source of revenue
- TREND in Spending on Government Administration
- TREND in Improving State’s Debt Service Ratio
- TREND in Reducing State’s Total Debt
- Right to Work Laws— (Yes or No)
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