Rank
551of 3,144
Elliott, Kentucky
Score 6.89 / 10· population 7,245
About 7,200 people live in Elliott, Kentucky. It ranks #551 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #6 of 120 in Kentucky. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.5% of a home's value each year, less than in 79% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 93% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.1 years, longer than in 53% of counties. Air quality is better than in 55% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 75% of counties. On this site's state scores, Kentucky gets 5.8 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)5.8
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.1
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax7.5
Environment
- Air quality6.0
- Floods / hurricanes6.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy6.1
- Government employees9.3
- Single-parent households0.6