Rank
190of 3,144
Clearwater, Idaho
Score 7.40 / 10· population 9,214
About 9,200 people live in Clearwater, Idaho. It ranks #190 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #27 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.51% of a home's value each year, less than in 77% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 51% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.4 years, longer than in 69% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 84% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 58% 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 President8.1
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax7.5
Environment
- Air quality5.3
- Floods / hurricanes4.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy7.4
- Government employees5.1
- Single-parent households8.9