Rank
414of 3,144
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Score 7.03 / 10· population 61,223
About 61,200 people live in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. It ranks #414 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #16 of 30 in Alaska. The combined sales tax is 3%, lower than in 95% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.54% of a home's value each year, less than in 73% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 72% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 73% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.3 years, longer than in 77% of counties. Air quality is better than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 9), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 69% of counties. On this site's state scores, Alaska gets 5.31 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)5.3
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.0
- Sales tax7.3
- Property tax7.3
Environment
- Air quality9.1
- Floods / hurricanes5.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.2
- Life expectancy8.3
- Government employees2.6
- Single-parent households7.1