Rank

1058of 3,144

Eastland, Texas

Score 6.57 / 10· population 18,037

About 18,000 people live in Eastland, Texas. It ranks #1,058 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #119 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.99% of a home's value each year, more than in 70% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 78% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 65% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.3 years, shorter than in 82% of counties. Air quality is better than in 58% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 66% of counties. On this site's state scores, Texas gets 8.15 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.9
  4. Sales tax4.3
  5. Property tax5.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy2.3
  3. Government employees1.9
  4. Single-parent households2.3

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