Rank
2025of 3,144
Sanilac, Michigan
Score 6.01 / 10· population 40,368
About 40,400 people live in Sanilac, Michigan. It ranks #2,025 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #34 of 83 in Michigan. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.8% of a home's value each year, more than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 54% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.2 years, shorter than in 54% of counties. Air quality is better than in 57% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 53% of counties. On this site's state scores, Michigan gets 6.42 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 3 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.4
- 2A (state)3.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.4
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax6.0
Environment
- Air quality6.0
- Floods / hurricanes3.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy5.2
- Government employees4.4
- Single-parent households7.7