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1767of 3,144

Traverse, Minnesota

Score 6.17 / 10· population 3,136

About 3,100 people live in Traverse, Minnesota. It ranks #1,767 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #31 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 6.88%, higher than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.92% of a home's value each year, more than in 64% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 81% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.7 years, longer than in 60% of counties. Air quality is better than in 68% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 38), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 90% of counties. On this site's state scores, Minnesota gets 6.34 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 4 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.3
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.5
  4. Sales tax3.8
  5. Property tax5.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy6.7
  3. Government employees1.7
  4. Single-parent households9.2

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