Rank
386of 3,144
Valley, Nebraska
Score 7.06 / 10· population 4,012
About 4,000 people live in Valley, Nebraska. It ranks #386 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #39 of 93 in Nebraska. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.05% of a home's value each year, more than in 74% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 58% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.3 years, longer than in 67% of counties. Air quality is better than in 86% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 33), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 91% 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.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
- 2A (state)9.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.2
- Sales tax5.0
- Property tax4.8
Environment
- Air quality6.7
- Floods / hurricanes8.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy7.3
- Government employees4.0
- Single-parent households6.4