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Is St. Catharines a good place to live?

It dependsIt depends — St. Catharines has clear strengths, but trades off where it counts.

How St. Catharines stacks up vs Ontario

Median family income: $82,000p25
Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.1%p58
Residents under 15: 14.2%p41
Population density: 2,709 /km²p45
Households spending 30%+ on housing: 22.5%p37

Bars show the percentile rank of each axis among Ontario's 20,000+ census Dissemination Areas. The vertical mark is the Ontario median (p50).

Why St. Catharines works

22.5% of households spend 30%+ on housing — more affordable than Ontario's ~27% average.

Honest tradeoffs

Median family income of $82,000 — roughly $14,000 below the Ontario DA median.

5 neighbourhoods to look at in St. Catharines

Port Dalhousie — $125,000 residents · 54.0 income · age 44.1%
Port Weller — $96,000 residents · 51.2 income · age 30.1%
Niagara Ina Grafton Gage Village — $97,000 residents · 71.5 income · age 29.0%
Rykert & Vansickle — $100,000 residents · 35.6 income · age 27.8%
First Street Louth & 1st Louth — $112,000 residents · 51.2 income · age 24.4%

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