Rank
257of 3,144
Schuyler, Missouri
Score 7.24 / 10· population 4,053
About 4,100 people live in Schuyler, Missouri. It ranks #257 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #8 of 115 in Missouri. The combined sales tax is 6.23%, lower than in 61% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.72% of a home's value each year, less than in 51% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 75% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.5 years, longer than in 57% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 50% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 41), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 94% 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 President8.3
- Sales tax4.3
- Property tax6.4
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes9.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy6.5
- Government employees2.3
- Single-parent households9.7