Rank
444of 3,144
Phillips, Colorado
Score 7.01 / 10· population 4,476
About 4,500 people live in Phillips, Colorado. It ranks #444 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #3 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.9%, lower than in 94% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.5% of a home's value each year, less than in 79% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 76% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.2 years, longer than in 66% 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 94% 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 President8.1
- Sales tax6.5
- Property tax7.5
Environment
- Air quality6.9
- Floods / hurricanes9.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy7.2
- Government employees2.2
- Single-parent households9.2