Rank

1798of 3,144

Lander, Nevada

Score 6.15 / 10· population 5,769

About 5,800 people live in Lander, Nevada. It ranks #1,798 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #4 of 17 in Nevada. The combined sales tax is 7.1%, higher than in 70% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.73% of a home's value each year, less than in 50% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 94% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.6 years, longer than in 59% of counties. Flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 89% of counties. On this site's state scores, Nevada gets 6.55 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 4 of 10 for gun rights.

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.6
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.1
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.4

Environment

  1. Air quality est.6.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy6.6
  3. Government employees0.4
  4. Single-parent households3.6

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