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1010of 3,144

Sherman, Oregon

Score 6.60 / 10· population 1,951

About 2,000 people live in Sherman, Oregon. It ranks #1,010 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #5 of 36 in Oregon. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.71% of a home's value each year, less than in 53% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 97% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79 years, longer than in 83% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 98% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 52), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 97% 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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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.8
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.7
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax6.5

Environment

  1. Air quality4.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy9.0
  3. Government employees0.1
  4. Single-parent households8.2

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