<DIV>Tim,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Your right, I got my math definitions incorrect, I used the mean of the range of incomes listed, not the mode. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><B><I>TIM RIGSBY <tim.rigsby@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <STYLE> P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </STYLE> "Look at the average (mode) income (not medium) <STRONG>[median]</STRONG> and adjust for 8 years of inflation, you will find an average income (mode) of about $65,000-$70,000 per household." -DJA<BR> <BR>Not a math guy but I know that mode does not = average. Mode means that something appears most often. For example, if we have a number line consisting of 1,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 the mode
would be 3, the median would be 3 and the mean would be approx 4.28<BR> <BR>Tim<BR><BR>" 'Politics is the art of controlling your environment.' That is one of the key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of the World -- or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property -- or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons -- or locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will wish you had voted." - Hunter S. Thompson<BR><BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR id=EC_stopSpelling> Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 13:59:32 -0700<BR>From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>To: sslund@roadrunner.com;
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] So You Think Houses are Expensive in Moscow?<BR><BR> <DIV>Saundra,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the response. You are correct that my conclusions were correct but some of my information was flawed. However, so is the data of the sources that you cited:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_Florida<BR></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latah_County,_Idaho" target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latah_County,_Idaho</A></DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV>That data was taken from:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://censtats.census.gov/data/FL/390125960.pdf" target=_blank>http://censtats.census.gov/data/FL/390125960.pdf</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://censtats.census.gov/data/ID/1601654550.pdf" target=_blank>http://censtats.census.gov/data/ID/1601654550.pdf</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That data was gathered in 1999, or 8 years
ago!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you examine the data of:</DIV> <DIV><A href="http://censtats.census.gov/data/FL/390125960.pdf" target=_blank>http://censtats.census.gov/data/FL/390125960.pdf</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Look at the average (mode) income (not medium) and adjust for 8 years of inflation, you will find an average income (mode) of about $65,000-$70,000 per household. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Nonetheless, we arrive at the same conclusions that Moscow housing is least affordable in comparisons to most other cities around the country. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=EC_replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hmm . . . Donovan, while your conclusion may be valid, your data is flawed<BR>because you're comparing apples & oranges. As you know, you've jumped on<BR>people when you've thought they made the same mistake
:-)<BR><BR>In addition, please cite your source for your data that the average<BR>household income in Orlando is $70,000 -- that's about DOUBLE what the US<BR>census indicates.<BR><BR>It seems to me you either need to compare Moscow to Orlando (both county<BR>seats, BTW) or Latah County to Orange County. Instead, you've compared<BR>Latah County to Orlando.<BR><BR>For those interested in the accurate comparison:<BR><BR>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latah_County,_Idaho<BR>"The median income for a household in the county was $32,524, and the median<BR>income for a family was $46,303. Males had a median income of $34,734 versus<BR>$24,886 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,690. About<BR>7.90% of families and 16.70% of the population were below the poverty line,<BR>including 10.20% of those under age 18 and 5.40% of those age 65 or over."<BR><BR>AND<BR>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County,_Florida<BR>"The median income for a household in the county
was $41,311, and the median<BR>income for a family was $47,159. Males had a median income of $32,053 versus<BR>$25,402 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,916. About<BR>8.80% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the poverty line,<BR>including 16.30% of those under age 18 and 9.30% of those age 65 or over."<BR><BR>OR<BR><BR>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_Idaho<BR>"The median income for a household in the city was $26,884, and the median<BR>income for a family was $46,331. Males had a median income of $35,494 versus<BR>$24,560 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,930. About<BR>9.5% of families and 22.4% of the population were below the poverty line,<BR>including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over."<BR><BR>AND<BR>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando,_Florida<BR>"The median income for a household in the city was $35,732, and the median<BR>income for a family was $40,648. Males had a median
income of $30,866 versus<BR>$25,267 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,216. About<BR>13.3% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line,<BR>including 27.0% of those under age 18 and 12.6% of those age 65 or over."<BR><BR><BR>HTH,<BR>Saundra Lund<BR>Moscow, ID<BR><BR>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do<BR>nothing.<BR>- Edmund Burke<BR><BR>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2006 through life plus<BR>70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside<BR>the Vision 2020 forum without the express written permission of the<BR>author.*****<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold<BR>Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 9:29 AM<BR>To: Tom Hansen; Vision 2020<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] So You Think Houses are Expensive in Moscow?<BR><BR>Latah's average
household income is about $30K a year. In Orlando it is<BR>about $70K. So this house is actually more affordable to the people of<BR>Orlando than a Moscow house is to the people in Moscow.<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>Donovan<BR><BR>Tom Hansen wrote:<BR><BR>Open House in America<BR>http://www.parade.com/WAL/slideshow/open-house-01.html<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR><BR><BR><BR>________________________________<BR><BR>Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?<BR>Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.<BR>=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM-> <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV> <HR SIZE=1>
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