Rank
750of 3,144
Kearny, Kansas
Score 6.76 / 10· population 3,823
About 3,800 people live in Kearny, Kansas. It ranks #750 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #25 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.14% of a home's value each year, more than in 79% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 91% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.2 years, shorter than in 54% of counties. Air quality is better than in 76% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 36), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 97% of counties. On this site's state scores, Kansas gets 7.12 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)7.1
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.4
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax4.3
Environment
- Air quality6.4
- Floods / hurricanes9.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy5.2
- Government employees0.7
- Single-parent households6.6