CONTACTS: Phil
DiIanni (Money): 212.522.6282 or Libby Mapes (ICR): 484-840-4300
MONEY MAGAZINE/ICR POLL: MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
LIKE WHERE THEY LIVE
-- Jobs, Schools and Crime issues rank as the
top reasons --
NEW YORK, NY [July
19, 2006] According to a recent Money Magazine/ICR poll, the vast
majority of Americans (88%) indicated they like the city or town in which they
currently live.
Americans who very much like where they live were more likely:
Those
with higher household incomes (71% $75K+)
Those
with higher education (68% college degree or more)
Homeowners
(65%).
While the
reasons to look at a new city
or town (if they were to move in the next year) were varied, the top three
mentioned characteristics Americans indicated are most important when included:
1. Employment
opportunities were good (14%)
2. Schools
are good (11%)
3. Crime rate
is low (9%)
As may be expected, more Americans
of working age (18% ages 18-54) find good employment opportunities to be important. Good high school or elementary schools were
more important among those with higher incomes (16% $75K+), those ages 18-54
(15%), females (14%) and those living in metropolitan areas of the U.S.
(12%).
The top
characteristic Americans most dislike about the city or town they currently
live in is too much congestion (16%). Those who agree too much congestion is the
least liked aspect of the city or town they currently reside in include
Americans who:
Live in the West (23%) or South (19%)
Live in metropolitan areas of the U.S. (18%)
Also more
likely to cite congestion as their least liked aspect of where they live are
those age 35 and over (19%) and those with incomes over $75,000 (22%)
ABOUT THE POLL
The Money/ICR poll was conducted by
telephone with a nationally representative sample of 1,005 Americans
from April 11th 16th, 2006. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.09
percentage points.
The poll was conducted using ICRs telephone omnibus survey of adults
age 18 and over. ICR is one of the nation's leading market and opinion
research firms and is headquartered in Media,
PA. For more information on this
methodology please go to: http://www.icrsurvey.com.
MONEY, published by Time Inc., is the nations largest financial
publication with a circulation of 1.9 million and a total readership over 7
million.
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