Rank
1178of 3,144
Cass, Iowa
Score 6.50 / 10· population 13,130
About 13,100 people live in Cass, Iowa. It ranks #1,178 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #74 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.4% of a home's value each year, more than in 90% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 76% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.6 years, longer than in 59% of counties. Air quality is better than in 66% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 38), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 69% of counties. On this site's state scores, Iowa gets 6.91 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.0
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax3.0
Environment
- Air quality6.2
- Floods / hurricanes5.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy6.6
- Government employees2.1
- Single-parent households8.4