Rank

124of 3,144

Lincoln, Idaho

Score 7.60 / 10· population 5,450

About 5,500 people live in Lincoln, Idaho. It ranks #124 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #16 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.42% of a home's value each year, less than in 88% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 56% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.8 years, longer than in 61% of counties. Air quality is better than in 71% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 37), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 90% 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 President7.7
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax7.9

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy6.8
  3. Government employees4.2
  4. Single-parent households8.1

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