Chaska, Minnesota
Cost of Living: Above the National
Average
You will find Chaska located in the Carver County, Minnesota
State, USA. This town has gained recognition in the recent past
owing to the most successful application of wireless Internet and
the related technology to benefit all the residents – i.e.
people who work in the Government and small businesses as well as
residences. The overall success has been such that Chaska is now
used as a model city on wireless and internet network technology
for other cities and towns across the States.
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The population in this city is about 24
thousand people with a density of about 1800 people per
square mile. The city has gained in popularity in the past
decade and thereby experienced a spurt of population
growth of about 36%. The racial mix in this city consists
of about 93% white people, about 2% Blacks, about 3%
Asians and the rest other denominations.
The economy of Chaska has been on the upswing
projecting a job growth of about 17% over the next decade.
The cost of living is slightly higher than the average US
city by about 8%. The income per household in this city is
about US $72 thousand while the cost of an average home is
about US $340 thousand which is a very reasonably price. |
It comes as no surprise to see that only 23% of this city's
residents live in rented accommodation while the rest own the
houses they live in.
There are 200 sunny days in this city with a temperature that
varies from 85 degrees in summer to about 3 degrees in winter. The
air quality is okay and the pollution rate in this city is very
low which is reflected in the pollution index as 99 out of 100
(where the higher you get the better it is).
You will also be happy to know that there is a satisfactory
concentration of doctors in Chaska with about 145 per capita as
against the 170 in any average US city.
A word of caution - do not invest yet in real estate since
there has been a steady depreciation in the price. Last year there
was a depreciation of about 9% on the homes found in the city.
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