Rank

2149of 3,144

Saguache, Colorado

Score 5.91 / 10· population 6,688

About 6,700 people live in Saguache, Colorado. It ranks #2,149 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #50 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 5.4%, lower than in 85% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.43% of a home's value each year, less than in 87% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 97% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 63% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.6 years, longer than in 59% of counties. Air quality is better than in 97% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 24), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 88% 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 President4.7
  4. Sales tax5.1
  5. Property tax7.8

Environment

  1. Air quality7.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.8
  2. Life expectancy6.6
  3. Government employees0.2
  4. Single-parent households2.5

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