Rank
1651of 3,144
Venango, Pennsylvania
Score 6.24 / 10· population 49,431
About 49,400 people live in Venango, Pennsylvania. It ranks #1,651 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #35 of 67 in Pennsylvania. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.22% of a home's value each year, more than in 83% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 77% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 67% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.7 years, shorter than in 59% of counties. Air quality is better than in 51% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 41), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 63% of counties. On this site's state scores, Pennsylvania gets 6.91 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 7 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
- 2A (state)7.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.1
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax3.9
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes2.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.3
- Life expectancy4.7
- Government employees7.8
- Single-parent households6.5