Rank
619of 3,144
Pocahontas, Iowa
Score 6.85 / 10· population 6,976
About 7,000 people live in Pocahontas, Iowa. It ranks #619 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #33 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.06% of a home's value each year, more than in 74% 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 77.2 years, longer than in 66% of counties. Air quality is better than in 63% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 88% 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 President7.7
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax4.7
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes8.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy7.2
- Government employees1.3
- Single-parent households8.3