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Greene, Iowa

Score 6.60 / 10· population 8,584

About 8,600 people live in Greene, Iowa. It ranks #1,024 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #69 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.23% of a home's value each year, more than in 83% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 86% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.8 years, longer than in 50% of counties. Air quality is better than in 58% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 91% 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 President6.6
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax3.9

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy5.8
  3. Government employees1.2
  4. Single-parent households8.3

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