Rank
1299of 3,144
Leavenworth, Kansas
Score 6.43 / 10· population 83,518
About 83,500 people live in Leavenworth, Kansas. It ranks #1,299 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #64 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.03% of a home's value each year, more than in 72% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 53% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 68% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.6 years, longer than in 71% of counties. Air quality is better than in 78% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 36), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 51% 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 President6.1
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax4.9
Environment
- Air quality6.4
- Floods / hurricanes3.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.5
- Life expectancy7.6
- Government employees4.5
- Single-parent households8.0