Rank
2100of 3,144
Greenwood, South Carolina
Score 5.95 / 10· population 69,460
About 69,500 people live in Greenwood, South Carolina. It ranks #2,100 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #16 of 46 in South Carolina. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.54% of a home's value each year, less than in 73% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 92% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 90% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.5 years, shorter than in 71% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 76% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 65% of counties. On this site's state scores, South Carolina gets 6.84 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)6.8
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.4
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax7.3
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes2.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate4.7
- Life expectancy3.5
- Government employees9.3
- Single-parent households1.7