Rank
2222of 3,144
Brown, Illinois
Score 5.86 / 10· population 6,294
About 6,300 people live in Brown, Illinois. It ranks #2,222 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #1 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.34% of a home's value each year, more than in 87% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 98% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.2 years, longer than in 76% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 65% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 94% of counties. On this site's state scores, Illinois gets 5.58 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 0 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.6
- 2A (state)0.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.9
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax3.3
Environment
- Air quality5.6
- Floods / hurricanes9.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy8.2
- Government employees9.8
- Single-parent households7.8