Rank

1673of 3,144

Gilpin, Colorado

Score 6.22 / 10· population 5,926

About 5,900 people live in Gilpin, Colorado. It ranks #1,673 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #34 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 2.9%, lower than in 95% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.37% of a home's value each year, less than in 92% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 94% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 81% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 91% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)3.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.3
  4. Sales tax7.4
  5. Property tax8.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees0.4
  4. Single-parent households0.4

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