Rank

29of 3,144

Franklin, Idaho

Score 7.95 / 10· population 15,494

About 15,500 people live in Franklin, Idaho. It ranks #29 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #3 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.38% of a home's value each year, less than in 91% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 74% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.7 years, longer than in 81% of counties. Air quality is better than in 97% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 22), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 88% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.9
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.8
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax8.1

Environment

  1. Air quality7.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy8.7
  3. Government employees2.4
  4. Single-parent households9.7

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