Rank
45of 3,144
Gallatin, Montana
Score 7.86 / 10· population 126,409
About 126,400 people live in Gallatin, Montana. It ranks #45 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #21 of 56 in Montana. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.55% of a home's value each year, less than in 72% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 97% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 58% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 98% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 18), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 51% of counties. On this site's state scores, Montana gets 6.79 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 President4.8
- Sales tax10.0
- Property tax7.3
Environment
- Air quality8.2
- Floods / hurricanes3.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.9
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees9.8
- Single-parent households8.6