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294of 3,144

Worth, Iowa

Score 7.18 / 10· population 7,297

About 7,300 people live in Worth, Iowa. It ranks #294 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #6 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.91% of a home's value each year, more than in 63% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 50% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.9 years, longer than in 83% of counties. Air quality is better than in 70% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 37), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 92% 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 President6.4
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax5.5

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy8.9
  3. Government employees4.9
  4. Single-parent households9.9

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