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Baltimore City, Maryland has the 11th-highest walkability index (14.40) of all the 3,142 counties. That 14.40 compares to an average of 6.30 and standard deviation of 1.80 across those 3,142 counties.
Baltimore City, Maryland has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
Baltimore City, Maryland has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
- walkability index = 14.40 (11th-highest)
- households with internet access = 95.61% (591st-most)
- households with no vehicle = 29.77% (18th-most)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more = 12.79% (384th-most, tied)
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- walkability index. Higher values are better. This index measures walkable streats, including pedestrian-oriented intersections and diversity of area businesses. The index ranges from 1 to 20 (best). Source is Institute of Museum and Libraries Sciences and OpenStreetMap, 2011.
Baltimore City, Maryland is in Maryland, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban high-performing, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of overcrowding, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, job variety, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of airborne cancer risk, air quality, and toxic-chemical exposure, and is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and cancer.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($42,241)
- public-school spending per student ($17,228)
- average weekly wage ($1,214)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($846.12)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (100%)
- households with internet access (95.61%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (88.36%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (84.23%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (75.60%)
- high-school graduation rate (70.00%)
- labor-force participation (61.86%)
- pre-school enrollment (51.39%)
- racial integration (50.00%)
- homeownership rate (47.1%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (42.69%)
- adult obesity (33.50%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (33.23%)
- households with no vehicle (29.77%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (26.50%)
- heart disease among older adults (25.52%)
- poverty rate (23.66%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (23.64%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (19.82%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (18.13%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (14.13%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (13.00%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (12.79%)
- adult diabetes (12.2%)
- newborns with low birth weight (11.98%)
- population without health insurance (10.35%)
- new-business growth rate (9.49%)
- teenage birth rate (9.11%)
- cancer among older adults (8.55%)
- vacant houses (8.15%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (6.3%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (6.26%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (5.99%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (4.71%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (2.21%)
- overcrowded households (2.10%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (1.36%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.57%)
- change in median household value (-5.52%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-59.43)
- food environment index (5.9)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (187,685)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (4.2)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (55.7)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.79)
- walkability index (14.40)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (73.59)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (8.34)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (1,339,204)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.02)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (52.06)
- homicides per 100,000 population (13.070)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (5,642)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (4,762)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.11)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.51)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.52)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.13)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.09)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (4.72)
- very-hot days per year (12)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (1,449)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (8.40)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.270)
- population (611,648)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (176.62)
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