Rank

27of 3,144

Golden Valley, Montana

Score 7.96 / 10· population 835

About 835 people live in Golden Valley, Montana. It ranks #27 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #16 of 56 in Montana. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.36% of a home's value each year, less than in 92% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 83% of counties. Air quality is better than in 88% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 32), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 96% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.8
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.6
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax8.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate est.8.3
  2. Life expectancy est.7.3
  3. Government employees1.5
  4. Single-parent households10.0

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