Rank
436of 3,144
Duchesne, Utah
Score 7.01 / 10· population 20,477
About 20,500 people live in Duchesne, Utah. It ranks #436 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #23 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 6.35%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.56% of a home's value each year, less than in 71% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 88% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 54% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.4 years, shorter than in 62% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 86% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 89% 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 President8.8
- Sales tax4.2
- Property tax7.2
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes8.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.8
- Life expectancy4.4
- Government employees1.0
- Single-parent households8.8