Rank
755of 3,144
Saline, Missouri
Score 6.75 / 10· population 23,049
About 23,000 people live in Saline, Missouri. It ranks #755 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #71 of 115 in Missouri. The combined sales tax is 6.23%, lower than in 61% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.66% of a home's value each year, less than in 58% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 60% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 69% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.4 years, shorter than in 52% of counties. Air quality is better than in 61% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 55% of counties. On this site's state scores, Missouri gets 6.81 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)6.8
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.0
- Sales tax4.3
- Property tax6.7
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes4.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.4
- Life expectancy5.4
- Government employees6.0
- Single-parent households5.2