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Only San Mateo County, California has both such a high median household income ($93,623) and such a high natural amenities index (8.19).
So, any other county with as high a median household income also has lower natural amenities index. Likewise, any other county with as high a natural amenities index also has lower median household income.
San Mateo County, California has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
So, any other county with as high a median household income also has lower natural amenities index. Likewise, any other county with as high a natural amenities index also has lower median household income.
San Mateo County, California has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:
- median household income = $93,623 (20th-highest)
- homicides per 100,000 population = 3.490 (873rd-fewest, tied)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population = 235.49 (1,272nd-most)
- natural amenities index = 8.19 (17th-highest)
closest are Santa Clara County, California ($96,310, 5.95), Douglas County, Colorado ($102,964, 5.15), Los Alamos County, New Mexico ($101,934, 3.04), and Morris County, New Jersey ($100,214, 1.30), ending with Putnam County, New York ($96,148, 0.37).
11 counties were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for natural amenities index.
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- median household income. Higher values are better. Source is the 2015 Census.
- natural amenities index. Higher values are better. The natural amenities index, similar to a score, measures natural, physical, environmental qualities that most people prefer, like warm winter, winter sun, temperate summer, low summer humidity, topographic variation, and water area. The index/score ranges from -6 to +12, where higher is better. Source is Department of Agriculture, 1999.
San Mateo County, California is in California, is in the Western states, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in both airborne cancer risk and air quality, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in cancer, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($93,623)
- public-school spending per student ($14,683)
- average weekly wage ($2,065)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($702.69)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (99.91%)
- households with internet access (97.48%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (96.32%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (75.97%)
- labor-force participation (68.67%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (67.40%)
- pre-school enrollment (64.45%)
- homeownership rate (59.1%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (53.71%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (53.13%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (40.40%)
- racial integration (29.00%)
- adult obesity (20.70%)
- heart disease among older adults (18.65%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (17.02%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (15.60%)
- new-business growth rate (11.04%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (10.88%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (10.35%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (9.86%)
- population without health insurance (8.77%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (8.66%)
- cancer among older adults (8.55%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (8.02%)
- poverty rate (7.97%)
- adult diabetes (7.6%)
- overcrowded households (7.40%)
- newborns with low birth weight (6.70%)
- change in median household value (+5.75%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (5.72%)
- households with no vehicle (5.49%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (4.76%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (3.0%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.56%)
- teenage birth rate (1.20%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.13%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.70%)
- vacant houses (0.52%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (0.02%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-76.53)
- food environment index (8.7)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (214,680)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (3.5)
- natural amenities index (8.19)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (42.0)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.77)
- walkability index (10.16)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (55.24)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (5.44)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (246.8)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (2.99)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (23.87)
- homicides per 100,000 population (3.490)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (1,957)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (1,999)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.48)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.49)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (7.99)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.26)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.07)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (4.98)
- very-hot days per year (0)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (235.49)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (1.74)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.700)
- population (771,410)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (105.99)
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