Rank
517of 3,144
Gibson, Indiana
Score 6.92 / 10· population 32,904
About 32,900 people live in Gibson, Indiana. It ranks #517 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #18 of 92 in Indiana. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.6% of a home's value each year, less than in 65% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 80% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 59% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.4 years, longer than in 56% 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 74% 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 President7.5
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax7.0
Environment
- Air quality5.0
- Floods / hurricanes6.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.9
- Life expectancy6.4
- Government employees8.0
- Single-parent households7.5