Rank

894of 3,144

Hill, Montana

Score 6.67 / 10· population 16,276

About 16,300 people live in Hill, Montana. It ranks #894 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #53 of 56 in Montana. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.9% of a home's value each year, more than in 63% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 92% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 67% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.3 years, shorter than in 73% of counties. Air quality is better than in 98% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 17), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 69% 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 President5.8
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax5.5

Environment

  1. Air quality8.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.6
  2. Life expectancy3.3
  3. Government employees0.6
  4. Single-parent households2.4

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