Rank
2318of 3,144
Vanderburgh, Indiana
Score 5.75 / 10· population 179,810
About 179,800 people live in Vanderburgh, Indiana. It ranks #2,318 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #89 of 92 in Indiana. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.81% of a home's value each year, more than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 94% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 86% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.5 years, shorter than in 61% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 88% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 84% 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 President5.6
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax6.0
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes1.0
Private behavior
- Homicide rate5.7
- Life expectancy4.5
- Government employees9.4
- Single-parent households2.0