Rank
37of 3,144
Teton, Montana
Score 7.91 / 10· population 6,430
About 6,400 people live in Teton, Montana. It ranks #37 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #19 of 56 in Montana. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.72% of a home's value each year, less than in 51% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 89% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.7 years, longer than in 81% of counties. Air quality is better than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 13), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 78% 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 President7.2
- Sales tax10.0
- Property tax6.4
Environment
- Air quality8.8
- Floods / hurricanes6.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy8.7
- Government employees0.9
- Single-parent households10.0