Rank

727of 3,144

Routt, Colorado

Score 6.77 / 10· population 25,064

About 25,100 people live in Routt, Colorado. It ranks #727 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #9 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.9%, lower than in 94% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.28% of a home's value each year, less than in 97% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 56% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 62% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 98% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 16), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 56% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)3.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President3.6
  4. Sales tax6.5
  5. Property tax8.6

Environment

  1. Air quality8.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.1
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees5.5
  4. Single-parent households8.9

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