Rank
221of 3,144
Bingham, Idaho
Score 7.32 / 10· population 50,395
About 50,400 people live in Bingham, Idaho. It ranks #221 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #33 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% 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 smaller share of working residents than in 61% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 56% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.7 years, longer than in 49% of counties. Air quality is better than in 79% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 36), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 54% of counties. On this site's state scores, Idaho gets 7.89 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.9
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.9
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax7.5
Environment
- Air quality6.5
- Floods / hurricanes4.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.8
- Life expectancy5.7
- Government employees6.0
- Single-parent households8.6