Rank
185of 3,144
Walworth, South Dakota
Score 7.41 / 10· population 5,269
About 5,300 people live in Walworth, South Dakota. It ranks #185 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #46 of 66 in South Dakota. The combined sales tax is 4.2%, lower than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.12% of a home's value each year, more than in 77% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 82% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.7 years, longer than in 72% of counties. Air quality is better than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 29), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 76% 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 President7.9
- Sales tax6.2
- Property tax4.4
Environment
- Air quality7.1
- Floods / hurricanes6.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy7.7
- Government employees1.6
- Single-parent households8.5