Colorado Springs and El Paso County Relocation ... - Keep Trees

Colorado Springs
You’ve chosen a
winner. Colorado Springs
is the No. 1 Best Place
to Live in America, Best
Big City, according to
Money magazine, August
2006. Financial, housing,
education, quality of life,
leisure and culture, weather
and health data were all
taken into consideration.
Colorado Springs
Some of the factors Money used to determine
that Colorado Springs is the best
place to live include: median annual family
income of more than $60,000, fi ve-year job
growth of 9 percent, 7.4 percent sales tax,
4.63 percent fl at state income tax, median
family home price $192,000, air quality
index 90 percent good days, personal crime
risk at the national average, less than 20
minute median commute time, a host of
leisure and culture amenities, lower than
average body mass index, lower than
average cancer and cardiac mortality rates,
median age 33, and 65 percent of residents
have attended college.
In addition to all that good news, the
cost of living index for Colorado Springs
is 5 percent lower than the national
average. The serious crime rate was more
than 10 points below the national average
in 2005 at 55.5/1,000. Property taxes on
a $200,000 house were only about $1,000.
There is low unemployment and high
incentives for enterprise, with a highly
rated business climate.
and El Paso County
10 Colorado Springs Relocation GUIDE 2007
Photo: El Paso County