Rank
169of 3,144
Elmore, Idaho
Score 7.46 / 10· population 29,724
About 29,700 people live in Elmore, Idaho. It ranks #169 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #24 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.6% of a home's value each year, less than in 65% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 87% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 65% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.5 years, longer than in 70% of counties. Air quality is better than in 69% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 38), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 79% 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 President7.3
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax7.0
Environment
- Air quality6.2
- Floods / hurricanes7.0
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.2
- Life expectancy7.5
- Government employees8.7
- Single-parent households5.9