Rank
3007of 3,144
Gloucester, New Jersey
Score 4.49 / 10· population 308,423
About 308,400 people live in Gloucester, New Jersey. It ranks #3,007 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #12 of 21 in New Jersey. The combined sales tax is 6.62%, lower than in 51% of counties. Property tax takes at least 2% of a home's value each year, more than in 98% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 66% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 51% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.7 years, longer than in 72% of counties. Air quality is better than in 49% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 41), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 82% of counties. On this site's state scores, New Jersey gets 5.7 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 1 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.7
- 2A (state)1.0
- GOP + LP vote for President5.1
- Sales tax4.0
- Property tax0.0
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes1.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.6
- Life expectancy7.7
- Government employees3.2
- Single-parent households5.7