From Nascar to the Edgar Allan Poe Museum and the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden — Richmond has something for everyone.
City: Richmond
State: Virginia
Best Cities Overall Rank: 43
About Richmond: Richmond has something for everyone from Nascar races to the Edgar Allan Poe Museum to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Richmond has three quality children’s hospitals and low air pollution, ranking it 89 amongst our cities for health.
County: Richmond
Population: 202,002
Official website for city visitors’ bureau/city: Visitor’s bureau website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond blogs: Saving Our Way, Short Pump Preppy, Mommy Gourmet
Richmond‘s Facebook page: Visit Richmond on Facebook
Richmond‘s Twitter page: Visit Richmond on Twitter
Education rank: 31
High School graduation rate 2008: 65.79%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 6
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 2.97
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 12
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 5.94
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 266
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 19.8
Total Expenditures Per Student: $13,155
Health rank: 1
Quality children’s hospitals: 3
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 1.49
Quality Pediatricians: 1
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 0.49
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 0
Safety rank: 82
Violent Crimes, 2008: 1588
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 786.13
Sex Offenders: 3831
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 1896
Economy rank: 11
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 20.89
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 8.5
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 1066.57
Median Home Sale Price: $213,700
5-Year Home Value Index: 2.84%
Percent of homes sold for a loss: 8.20%
Recreation Rank: 45
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 2823
Parkland per 100,000: 1397.51
