Rank

2864of 3,144

Woodford, Illinois

Score 4.88 / 10· population 38,285

About 38,300 people live in Woodford, Illinois. It ranks #2,864 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #49 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 8.25%, higher than in 89% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.9% of a home's value each year, more than in 98% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 51% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 54% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.3 years, longer than in 86% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 50), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 62% 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 President7.0
  4. Sales tax2.5
  5. Property tax0.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.4
  2. Life expectancy9.3
  3. Government employees4.7
  4. Single-parent households9.6

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