Rank
1570of 3,144
Hyde, North Carolina
Score 6.29 / 10· population 4,607
About 4,600 people live in Hyde, North Carolina. It ranks #1,570 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #52 of 100 in North Carolina. The combined sales tax is 6.75%, higher than in 48% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.62% of a home's value each year, less than in 63% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 84% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 75% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.8 years, longer than in 82% of counties. Air quality is better than in 96% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 25), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 91% of counties. On this site's state scores, North Carolina gets 7.59 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.1
- Sales tax3.9
- Property tax6.9
Environment
- Air quality7.5
- Floods / hurricanes0.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.0
- Life expectancy8.8
- Government employees1.4
- Single-parent households1.8