City: Anaheim
State: California
Best Cities Overall Rank: 67
About Anaheim:
Anaheim is located in Orange County, which boasts 42 miles of coastline and endless opportunities for fun. Spend a day golfing with an ocean view, visit a theme park or cheer on the Angels baseball team or the Anaheim Ducks hockey team.
Anaheim has a graduation rate of 90.3 percent and an overall health rank of 40 on our healthiest cities list.
County: Orange
Population: 335,288
Official website for city visitors' bureau/city: Visitors' bureau website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: The Orange County Register
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Education rank: 101
High School graduation rate 2008: 90.3%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 0
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 0
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 3
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 0.89
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 253
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 22.1
Total Expenditures Per Student: $10,123.5
Health rank: 98
Quality children's hospitals: 0
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 0
Quality Pediatricians: 3
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 0.89
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 2
Safety rank: 6
Violent Crimes, 2008: 1,312
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 391.30
Sex Offenders: 269
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 80.23
Economy rank: 74
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 26.8
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 12.4
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 1085.15
Median Home Sale Price: $360,700
5-Year Home Value Index: -6.53%
Percent of homes sold for a loss: 19.54%
Recreation Rank: 98
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 698
Parkland per 100,000: 208.18
