Rank
41of 3,144
Musselshell, Montana
Score 7.88 / 10· population 5,308
About 5,300 people live in Musselshell, Montana. It ranks #41 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #20 of 56 in Montana. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.51% of a home's value each year, less than in 77% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 56% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 69% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.3 years, longer than in 56% of counties. Air quality is better than in 84% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 34), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 89% 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 President8.5
- Sales tax10.0
- Property tax7.5
Environment
- Air quality6.6
- Floods / hurricanes8.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.4
- Life expectancy6.3
- Government employees4.2
- Single-parent households7.5