Rank

3012of 3,144

Richmond, New York

Score 4.48 / 10· population 490,687

Richmond County is Staten Island, the least populated of New York City's boroughs, and it is reached from Brooklyn over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Sales tax here is 8.875%, the highest combined rate in New York State: 4% state and 4.875% city, which includes a 0.375% transit surcharge.

Sources
  • Staten Island is the least populated borough of New York City introducingnewyork.com
  • Staten Island is reached from Brooklyn over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge introducingnewyork.com
  • The combined sales tax rate in Richmond County (Staten Island) is 8.875%, the highest combined rate in New York State stripe.com
  • New York State sales tax is 4.000% stripe.com
  • The New York City tax is 4.875%, including a 0.375% metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax stripe.com

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.4
  4. Sales tax1.9
  5. Property tax5.6

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.2
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees0.3
  4. Single-parent households4.8

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