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Living in the Quad Cities
Location
The Quad Cities' metropolitan area is located in eastern
Iowa and western Illinois along the Mississippi River, approximately
165 miles west of Chicago and midway between Minneapolis to the north
and St. Louis to the south. The Quad Cities has a 300-mile market of
37.4 million people. This is the largest 300-mile market west of Chicago
and constitutes almost 13 percent of our nation's population.
Population
The total population of the Quad Cities' area is 376,019, with
149,726 total households. The projected 2010 population for the area
is 382,142. The median age of the four-county area is 37.7 years.
Income Data
The total sales in the Quad Cities' area is $4.936 billion,
and the total effective buying power of the area exceeds $6 billion.
Over 50 percent of the households have an effective buying income (EBI)
of more than $35,000, and 30.9 percent of Quad Cities' housholds has
an EBI of over $50,000.
Median Home Price (existing single-family
homes)
Even with recent surges in the real estate market, the Quad
Cities remains an affordable place to purchase a home compared to other
metropolitan areas.
| Quad Cities: |
$123,000 |
| St. Louis, MO: |
$148,000 |
| Des Moines, IA: |
$147,800 |
| Chicago, IL: |
$274,700 |
| San Francisco, CA: |
$721,700 |
| Source: 2005 Median Sales
Price of Existing Single Family Homes - The National Association
of Realtors, published 1st Quarter 2006 |
State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Quad Cities Convention and Visitors
Bureau
Quad Cities Development Group
Rock Island Arsenal
Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center
Business Assistance Programs
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