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589of 3,144

Fremont, Iowa

Score 6.87 / 10· population 6,458

About 6,500 people live in Fremont, Iowa. It ranks #589 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #26 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.01% of a home's value each year, more than in 71% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 85% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.5 years, longer than in 70% of counties. Air quality is better than in 57% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 87% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.2
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax5.0

Environment

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

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy7.5
  3. Government employees1.3
  4. Single-parent households9.2

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