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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.6
- 2A (state)0.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.0
- Sales tax2.5
- Property tax0.5
Environment
- Air quality5.0
- Floods / hurricanes4.9
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.4
- Life expectancy9.3
- Government employees4.7
- Single-parent households9.6