Rank
86of 3,144
Wheatland, Montana
Score 7.70 / 10· population 2,057
About 2,100 people live in Wheatland, Montana. It ranks #86 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #30 of 56 in Montana. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.48% of a home's value each year, less than in 82% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 97% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.3 years, longer than in 77% of counties. Air quality is better than in 90% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 31), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 91% 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 President7.8
- Sales tax10.0
- Property tax7.6
Environment
- Air quality7.0
- Floods / hurricanes8.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy8.3
- Government employees0.2
- Single-parent households5.0