Cleanest Cities

CLEANEST CITIES O Ó 0 0 0 %24 Americans are definitely cleaning house: Alice.com took a look at which American homes are working harder to make those countertops gleam, the dishes spot free, and the car dazzle in the driveway. Which cities spend the most on Alice.com cleaning items per user? 1 Knoxville, TN $6.95 6 Sioux City, IA-NE $48.50 11 Decatur, IL $37.29 16 Fargo--Moorhead, ND--MN $3.76 2 Auburn--Opelika, AL $59.79 7 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $47.84 12 Mansfield, OH $37.25 17 New Orleans, LA $33.53 3 Missoula, MT $5.99 8 Abilene, TX $46.52 13 Green Bay, WI $36.84 18 Dover, DE $33.39 4 Casper, WY $52.09 9 Lima, OH $39.19 14 South Bend, IN $35.97 19 Laredo, TX $3.02 5 Springfield, IL $50.80 10 Glens Falls, NY $38.95 15 Parkersburg-Marietta, WY-OH $33.89 20 Peoria--Pekin, IL $32.78 16 10 13 20 38 27 24 33 25 23 32 26 26 18 6. 14 20 12 1 34 IF YOU CLEAN FOR TWO HOURS YOU BURN 200 CALORIES. 15 31 73% MALE 40 21 74% FEMALE Ridin' Dirty Pine Bluft, AR $12.72 Pueblo, CO $12.58 Rapid City, S0 $12.43 Danville, VA 28 22 17 39 $12.26 19 Pacatello, ID $9.88 96% of women are likely to clean and disinfect countertops daily compared to 86% of men When cleaning cell phones and computers, there's gender-cleaning equality. 21 Texarkana, TX--Texarkana, AR $32.73 26 York, PA $32.32 31 Terre Haute, IN $32.04 36 Atlantic--Cape May, NJ $30.17 22 Lafayette, LA $32.59 27 Dutchess County, NY $32.27 32 Danbury, CT $31.83 37 Jackson, TN $30.05 23 Monmouth--Ocean, NJ $32.52 28 Lake Charles, LA $32.26 33 Madison, WI $31.48 38 Bridgeport, CT $30.05 24 Bergen--Passaic, NJ $32.42 29 New York, NY $32.21 34 Kokomo, IN $31.25 39 Brazoria, TX $29.95 25 Racine, WI $32.39 30 Stamford--Norwalk, CT $32.18 35 Bangor, ME $30.74 40 Las Cruces, NM $29.94 -TOP 5 CLEANING PRODUCTS DISHWASHER CLEANER & DISINFECTANT 120Z $4.49 TOILET BOWL CLEANER WITH BLEACH, RAIN CLEAN SCENT 250Z $2.25 MILDEW STAIN REMOVE 320Z $4.99 SCRATCH FREE DISINFECTANT CLEANSER WITH BLEACH 210Z $1.29 HEAVY DUTY THICK SCRUBBER SPONGE 1EA $.99 DISHWASHER MAGIC CLOROX X-14 COMET S.O.S. ALICE.COM 2005 MSA. If not in an MSA, data is excluded • Cleaning Product = if product is currently categorized on Alice in Cleaning Closet room Sales time period = lifetime on Alice as of Oct 4 2011 • Ranking based on % of products purchased with clean categorization Stat Source: http://www.cleaninginstitute.org/2011_spring cleaning_survey_y_men_and_women_clean