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1322of 3,144

Lake, Oregon

Score 6.42 / 10· population 8,293

About 8,300 people live in Lake, Oregon. It ranks #1,322 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #9 of 36 in Oregon. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.58% of a home's value each year, less than in 68% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 94% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.6 years, shorter than in 50% of counties. Air quality is better than in 94% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 27), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 74% of counties. On this site's state scores, Oregon gets 4.84 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 4 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.8
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.2
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax7.1

Environment

  1. Air quality7.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy5.6
  3. Government employees0.4
  4. Single-parent households3.7

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