Rank

885of 3,144

Morton, Kansas

Score 6.67 / 10· population 2,580

About 2,600 people live in Morton, Kansas. It ranks #885 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #32 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.84% of a home's value each year, more than in 97% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in almost every other county. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.4 years, longer than in 69% of counties. Air quality is better than in 84% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 34), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in almost every other county. 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 President8.6
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax0.8

Environment

  1. Air quality6.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy7.4
  3. Government employees0.1
  4. Single-parent households9.2

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