Rank

107of 3,144

Caribou, Idaho

Score 7.64 / 10· population 7,219

About 7,200 people live in Caribou, Idaho. It ranks #107 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #12 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.53% of a home's value each year, less than in 74% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 80% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.3 years, longer than in 56% of counties. Air quality is better than in 90% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 31), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 92% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.9
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.5
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy6.3
  3. Government employees1.7
  4. Single-parent households9.8

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