Rank
1647of 3,144
Brown, Ohio
Score 6.24 / 10· population 43,777
About 43,800 people live in Brown, Ohio. It ranks #1,647 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #36 of 88 in Ohio. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.82% of a home's value each year, more than in 56% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 52% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 65% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.6 years, shorter than in 79% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 74% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 64% of counties. On this site's state scores, Ohio gets 6.08 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)6.1
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.1
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax5.9
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes2.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.2
- Life expectancy2.6
- Government employees5.2
- Single-parent households5.7