Rank

847of 3,144

Gage, Nebraska

Score 6.70 / 10· population 21,634

About 21,600 people live in Gage, Nebraska. It ranks #847 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #77 of 93 in Nebraska. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.26% of a home's value each year, more than in 84% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 75% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 65% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.9 years, longer than in 51% of counties. Air quality is better than in 83% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 34), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 78% of counties. On this site's state scores, Nebraska gets 6.87 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 9 of 10 for gun rights.

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

Compare

Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)9.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.0
  4. Sales tax5.0
  5. Property tax3.7

Environment

  1. Air quality6.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy5.9
  3. Government employees7.5
  4. Single-parent households5.5

Neighbors