"This is destined to become the house hunter's bible for selecting a place to live in unfamiliar urban territory."
-Choice

"A great resource for research on relocating. The comparative data and ranking of these cities makes it easy to compare suburbs in a metro area and to simplify the job relocation decision…This is a great resource for any public or academic reference collection."
-Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship

"One of the most useful features is the suburban rankings for each one of 26 characteristics at the end of each metropolitan statistical area. This work creates comprehensive profiles of suburbs and comparative tables that are not easy to find elsewhere…Highly recommended for academic, public, and senior high school libraries."
-ARBA

The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs
2012 Edition

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Pub. Date: December 2011
Softcover: 1,300 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-834-X/978-1-59237-834-7
Price: $150.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-59237-835-7 EBook Vendors

This completely updated reference focuses on the individual and the suburban communities within each of the 75 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. You'll find profiles of over 2,700 Suburban Communities with a 10,000 + population. While there are a variety of sources that present statistics for metropolitan areas or for major cities, few have attempted to give comparative data on individual suburbs.

The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs is arranged alphabetically by metropolitan area. Each metropolitan area section begins with metro area statistics, a listing of the included counties and a listing of the Suburban Communities by county. Following the introduction for each metropolitan area, Suburban Community profiles are arranged alphabetically by community name.

Suburban Community profiles contain:

• Name and Name Origin
• County
• Land Area
• Elevation
• Population
• Government Type (City, town, village, borough, or incorporated) with phone number
• Chamber of Commerce - Contact Information and Phone Number
• Local Newspapers
• Economy - Per capita income ranking & Unemployment rate with rankings
• Safety - Violent & Property Crime rates per 10,000 population, with rankings
• Housing - New housing permits with rankings & median home prices with rankings
• Education - a listing of School Districts that serve the community

The section for each metropolitan area concludes with a Ranking Table that compares the Suburban Communities in six critical indicators: Per Capita Income, Unemployment Rate, Violent and Property Crime Rates, new Housing Permits and Median Home Prices. These useful, easy-to-read tables allow for quick and easy comparisons between suburbs. Locating the best, or worst, suburb of a metropolitan area has never been easier.

The Comparative Guide to American Suburbs has been designed for the average user. The combination of usability, currency of data, breadth of scope and ranking tables make this an exceptional guide to aid in relocation. This edition is a must have addition to any reference collection.

Pub. Date: December 2011
Softcover: 1,300 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-834-X/978-1-59237-834-7
Price: $150.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-59237-835-7 EBook Vendors

Note: If you find this work does not fit your budget, please print out this page and bring it to your local library. There is a reasonable chance they either have a copy, can direct you to a library that does, or will be willing to purchase it for their reference collection.