Rank
2504of 3,144
Pike, Alabama
Score 5.54 / 10· population 33,137
About 33,100 people live in Pike, Alabama. It ranks #2,504 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #50 of 67 in Alabama. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.24% of a home's value each year, less than in 98% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 69% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 94% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.6 years, shorter than in 79% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 79% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 75% of counties. On this site's state scores, Alabama gets 6.66 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.7
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.2
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax8.8
Environment
- Air quality5.3
- Floods / hurricanes1.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate2.7
- Life expectancy2.6
- Government employees6.9
- Single-parent households0.5