Tucson rankes almost dead last for best places to live in the US according to CNN and other lists.
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Look closely at the, Median Family income, Test scores in reading, Test scores in math, Personal and property crime, only 59% completed "some college"

Tucson stats Financial City stats Best places avg. Median family income (per year) $49,520 $96,825 Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) $52,072 $93,218 State sales tax 6.60% 5.57% State income tax rate (highest bracket) 4.54%I 7.31% State income tax rate (lowest bracket) 2.59%I 3.08% Auto insurance premiums (Average price quotes, for the state) $1,280 $1,596 Job growth % (2000-2011)* 7.09% 25.01% See jobs near Tucson Housing Median home price $100,000 $269,768 Average property taxes N.A. $6,517 See Tucson homes for sale Education Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) 4 8 Test scores reading (% above/below state average) -6.8% 28.2% Test scores math (% above/below average) -13.4% 29.2% % students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) 93.5/6.5 91.5/8.5 Quality of life Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) 71.6% 77.3% Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) 73 2 Property crime incidents (per 1,000) 533 20 Median commute time (in minutes) 19.0 22.2 % population with commute 45 mins. or longer 7.6% 14.9% % population walk or bike to work 6.2% 3.2% Leisure and culture Movie theaters (within 15 miles) 17 33 Restaurants (within 15 miles) 1,542 3,134 Bars (within 15 miles) 111 199 Public golf courses (within 30 miles) 73 169 Libraries (within 15 miles) 33 70 Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) 4 10 Ski resorts (within 100 miles) 1 6 Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) 0.5 1.4 Weather Annual rainfall (inches) 12.59 34.21 % clear days in the area 53 32 High temp in July ° F 100.1° 86.8° Low temp in Jan ° F 40.5° 18.4° Meet the neighbors Median age 37.0 35.2 Completed at least some college (% of residents) 59.7% 72.6% Married % 43.2% 57.9% Divorced % 13.2% 8.0% Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) 137.2 118.4