Rank
28of 3,144
Boundary, Idaho
Score 7.96 / 10· population 13,557
About 13,600 people live in Boundary, Idaho. It ranks #28 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #2 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.33% of a home's value each year, less than in 94% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 71% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.5 years, longer than in 70% of counties. Air quality is better than in 97% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 23), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 67% 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 President8.2
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax8.4
Environment
- Air quality7.8
- Floods / hurricanes5.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy7.5
- Government employees7.1
- Single-parent households9.9