Rank
911of 3,144
Bennett, South Dakota
Score 6.66 / 10· population 3,305
About 3,300 people live in Bennett, South Dakota. It ranks #911 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #57 of 66 in South Dakota. The combined sales tax is 4.2%, lower than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.92% of a home's value each year, more than in 64% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 98% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is 70 years or less, shorter than in 94% of counties. Air quality is better than in 95% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 27), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 97% of counties. On this site's state scores, South Dakota gets 8.18 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)8.2
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.3
- Sales tax6.2
- Property tax5.4
Environment
- Air quality7.4
- Floods / hurricanes9.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy0.0
- Government employees0.1
- Single-parent households0.4