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615of 3,144

Franklin, Iowa

Score 6.85 / 10· population 9,875

About 9,900 people live in Franklin, Iowa. It ranks #615 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #30 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.2% of a home's value each year, more than in 82% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 60% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.1 years, longer than in 65% of counties. Air quality is better than in 55% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 90% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.0
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax4.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy7.1
  3. Government employees3.8
  4. Single-parent households8.6

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