Rank
184of 3,144
Box Elder, Utah
Score 7.41 / 10· population 62,684
About 62,700 people live in Box Elder, Utah. It ranks #184 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #12 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 6.65%, lower than in 51% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.47% of a home's value each year, less than in 83% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 57% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 73% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.7 years, longer than in 72% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 60% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 43), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 87% of counties. On this site's state scores, Utah gets 7.32 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)7.3
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.0
- Sales tax4.0
- Property tax7.7
Environment
- Air quality5.7
- Floods / hurricanes8.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.6
- Life expectancy7.7
- Government employees4.1
- Single-parent households9.5