Scatterplots

Median Home Prices, Property Tax, and Outlays

XMedian Home Prices vs. Y[Total Municipal Outlays]

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XProperty Tax Revenue vs. Y[Total Municipal Outlays]

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Home Prices/Property Tax vs Police and Fire Empl/Salaries

These charts are split apart by whether the city is in a “right to work state”. All five states in our list 2 of cities are not right to work states, so this section only covers list 1 cities. Source: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

Median Home Prices

Police

XMedian Home Prices vs. Y[Police FTE]

XMedian Home Prices vs. Y[Police Salaries]

Firefighters

XMedian Home Prices vs. Y[Fire FTE]

XMedian Home Prices vs. Y[Fire Salaries]

Property Tax Revenue

Police

XProperty Tax Revenue vs. Y[Police FTE]

XProperty Tax Revenue vs. Y[Police Salaries]

Firefighters

XProperty Tax Revenue vs. Y[Fire FTE]

XProperty Tax Revenue vs. Y[Fire Salaries]

Population vs Police and Fire Empl/Salaries

Police

X[Population] vs. Y[Police FTE]

X[Population] vs. Y[Police Salaries]

Firefighters

X[Population] vs. Y[Fire FTE]

X[Population] vs. Y[Fire Salaries]

Places with Declining Budgets

Which Cities?

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FTE and Salaries

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