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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
- 2A (state)3.0
- GOP + LP vote for President3.6
- Sales tax6.5
- Property tax8.6
Environment
- Air quality8.4
- Floods / hurricanes4.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.1
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees5.5
- Single-parent households8.9