Rank
1743of 3,144
Magoffin, Kentucky
Score 6.18 / 10· population 11,228
About 11,200 people live in Magoffin, Kentucky. It ranks #1,743 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #88 of 120 in Kentucky. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.4% of a home's value each year, less than in 90% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 58% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 56% of counties. Life expectancy is 70 years or less, shorter than in 94% of counties. Air quality is better than in 51% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 41), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 53% 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 President8.2
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax8.0
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes4.0
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.8
- Life expectancy0.0
- Government employees4.0
- Single-parent households1.5