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1014of 3,144

Lyon, Kansas

Score 6.60 / 10· population 32,172

About 32,200 people live in Lyon, Kansas. It ranks #1,014 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #42 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.36% of a home's value each year, more than in 89% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 79% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 76% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.1 years, longer than in 65% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 86% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 64% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.7
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax3.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.7
  2. Life expectancy7.1
  3. Government employees7.9
  4. Single-parent households9.5

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