Rank

1348of 3,144

Houston, Tennessee

Score 6.41 / 10· population 8,393

Government is the employer for 713 of Houston County's 3,522 working residents, and 515 of them are on a local payroll. The county itself owned the hospital in Erin from 2013, when it paid $2.3 million for it, until a private operator took it over for $20,000 in 2022. Erin is about 30 minutes west of Clarksville, and 59 percent of residents who drive to work alone are on the road for more than half an hour.

Sources
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B24080: of 3,522 employed civilian residents of Houston County, 515 are local government workers, 98 state and 100 federal (713 total) api.censusreporter.org
  • The county purchased the Erin hospital in 2013 for $2.3 million; the 2022 private takeover price was $20,000; Erin is about 30 minutes west of Clarksville (article dated July 26, 2022) wpln.org
  • County Health Rankings 2025: 59.3% of Houston County workers who drive alone commute more than 30 minutes (Tennessee 36.4%) countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.8
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.4
  2. Life expectancy2.4
  3. Government employees0.5
  4. Single-parent households3.1

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