Rank

133of 3,144

Garfield, Utah

Score 7.56 / 10· population 5,314

About 5,300 people live in Garfield, Utah. It ranks #133 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #7 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 7.35%, higher than in 75% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.27% of a home's value each year, less than in 97% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 73% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.4 years, longer than in 69% of counties. Air quality is better than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 10), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 64% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.9
  4. Sales tax3.3
  5. Property tax8.7

Environment

  1. Air quality9.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy7.4
  3. Government employees2.5
  4. Single-parent households9.1

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