Rank
2515of 3,144
Greene, Illinois
Score 5.52 / 10· population 11,543
About 11,500 people live in Greene, Illinois. It ranks #2,515 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #5 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.93% of a home's value each year, more 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 66% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.6 years, shorter than in 70% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 64% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 88% 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 President7.8
- Sales tax3.4
- Property tax5.3
Environment
- Air quality5.6
- Floods / hurricanes8.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.2
- Life expectancy3.6
- Government employees8.7
- Single-parent households4.9