Rank
1707of 3,144
Floyd, Indiana
Score 6.20 / 10· population 80,809
About 80,800 people live in Floyd, Indiana. It ranks #1,707 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #79 of 92 in Indiana. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.66% of a home's value each year, less than in 58% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 91% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 74% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.2 years, shorter than in 54% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 66% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 63% of counties. On this site's state scores, Indiana gets 7.51 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 8 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.5
- 2A (state)8.0
- GOP + LP vote for President5.8
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax6.7
Environment
- Air quality5.6
- Floods / hurricanes2.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.1
- Life expectancy5.2
- Government employees9.2
- Single-parent households3.4