Salt Lake City is easy to get around, with the airport just 10 minutes from downtown and ample public transportation
City: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
Best Cities Overall Rank: 58
About Salt Lake City:
The people of Salt Lake City consume more Jell-O per capita than any other city in the United States.
It’s easy to get pretty much anywhere from Salt Lake City, with the airport just 10 minutes from downtown and ample public transportation.
County: Salt Lake
Population: 181,698
Official website for city visitors’ bureau/city: Visitors’ bureau website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: Salt Lake Tribune
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Education rank: 59
High School graduation rate 2008: 69%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 3
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 1.65
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 10
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 5.50
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 266
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 22
Total Expenditures Per Student: $8,799
Health rank: 27
Quality children’s hospitals: 2
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 1.10
Quality Pediatricians: 2
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 1.10
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 3.33
Safety rank: 75
Violent Crimes, 2008: 1420
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 781.51
Sex Offenders: 692
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 380.85
Economy rank: 4
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 19.4
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 7.1
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 337.32
Median Home List Price: $250,000
Recreation Rank: 55
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 1,912
Parkland per 100,000: 1,052.3
