Rank
16of 3,144
Ravalli, Montana
Score 8.03 / 10· population 47,738
About 47,700 people live in Ravalli, Montana. It ranks #16 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #10 of 56 in Montana. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.41% of a home's value each year, less than in 89% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 84% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 51% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.9 years, longer than in 83% of counties. Air quality is better than in 97% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 22), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 61% 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 President7.0
- Sales tax10.0
- Property tax8.0
Environment
- Air quality7.8
- Floods / hurricanes4.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.6
- Life expectancy8.9
- Government employees8.4
- Single-parent households8.8