Rank
2559of 3,144
Jasper, Illinois
Score 5.44 / 10· population 9,144
About 9,100 people live in Jasper, Illinois. It ranks #2,559 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #9 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.56% of a home's value each year, more than in 94% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 67% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.7 years, longer than in 49% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 92% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 50), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 78% 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 President8.2
- Sales tax3.4
- Property tax2.2
Environment
- Air quality5.1
- Floods / hurricanes6.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy5.7
- Government employees6.7
- Single-parent households9.7