Rank
662of 3,144
Lincoln, Colorado
Score 6.82 / 10· population 5,480
About 5,500 people live in Lincoln, Colorado. It ranks #662 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #7 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 4.9%, lower than in 91% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.46% of a home's value each year, less than in 84% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 74% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 59% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78 years, longer than in 74% of counties. Air quality is better than in 90% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 31), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 90% 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 President8.2
- Sales tax5.5
- Property tax7.7
Environment
- Air quality7.0
- Floods / hurricanes8.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.9
- Life expectancy8.0
- Government employees2.4
- Single-parent households8.4