Rank

847of 3,144

Scurry, Texas

Score 6.70 / 10· population 16,212

About 16,200 people live in Scurry, Texas. It ranks #847 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #100 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.75%, higher than in 48% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.36% of a home's value each year, more than in 89% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 88% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 63% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.7 years, shorter than in 69% of counties. Air quality is better than in 79% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 35), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 84% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.7
  4. Sales tax3.9
  5. Property tax3.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.9
  2. Life expectancy3.7
  3. Government employees1.0
  4. Single-parent households8.9

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