Rank
1033of 3,144
Stanton, Kansas
Score 6.59 / 10· population 1,901
About 1,900 people live in Stanton, Kansas. It ranks #1,033 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #43 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.91% of a home's value each year, more than in 98% 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 78 years, longer than in 74% 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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.1
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax0.5
Environment
- Air quality6.6
- Floods / hurricanes9.9
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy8.0
- Government employees0.7
- Single-parent households8.0