Rank
92of 3,144
Tripp, South Dakota
Score 7.69 / 10· population 5,621
About 5,600 people live in Tripp, South Dakota. It ranks #92 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #26 of 66 in South Dakota. The combined sales tax is 4.2%, lower than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.69% of a home's value each year, less than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 65% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.6 years, longer than in 59% of counties. Air quality is better than in 94% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 27), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 74% 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 President8.1
- Sales tax6.2
- Property tax6.6
Environment
- Air quality7.3
- Floods / hurricanes6.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy6.6
- Government employees6.5
- Single-parent households5.3