Rank
1821of 3,144
Washington, Pennsylvania
Score 6.14 / 10· population 210,232
About 210,200 people live in Washington, Pennsylvania. It ranks #1,821 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #43 of 67 in Pennsylvania. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.1% of a home's value each year, more than in 76% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 94% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 51% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.3 years, longer than in 56% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 77% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 87% 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 President6.3
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax4.5
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes0.9
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.7
- Life expectancy6.3
- Government employees9.5
- Single-parent households5.8