Rank
2568of 3,144
Costilla, Colorado
Score 5.43 / 10· population 3,628
About 3,600 people live in Costilla, Colorado. It ranks #2,568 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #61 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 4.9%, lower than in 91% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.31% of a home's value each year, less than in 95% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 98% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 81% of counties. Life expectancy is 70 years or less, shorter than in 94% of counties. Air quality is better than in 96% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 25), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 88% of counties. On this site's state scores, Colorado gets 7.14 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 3 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
- 2A (state)3.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.1
- Sales tax5.5
- Property tax8.5
Environment
- Air quality7.6
- Floods / hurricanes8.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate6.4
- Life expectancy0.0
- Government employees0.1
- Single-parent households1.5