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3047of 3,144

Will, Illinois

Score 4.37 / 10· population 700,728

About 700,700 people live in Will, Illinois. It ranks #3,047 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #83 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes at least 2% of a home's value each year, more than in 98% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 59% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 67% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.3 years, longer than in 86% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 81% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 96% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.6
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.8
  4. Sales tax3.4
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.6
  2. Life expectancy9.3
  3. Government employees5.8
  4. Single-parent households7.4

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