Rank
2903of 3,144
Montgomery, Ohio
Score 4.79 / 10· population 533,796
About 533,800 people live in Montgomery, Ohio. It ranks #2,903 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #86 of 88 in Ohio. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.73% of a home's value each year, more than in 96% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 70% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 90% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.8 years, shorter than in 68% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 86% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 92% 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 President5.0
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax1.4
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes0.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate4.4
- Life expectancy3.8
- Government employees7.0
- Single-parent households2.0