Rank
307of 3,144
Iron, Utah
Score 7.16 / 10· population 64,211
About 64,200 people live in Iron, Utah. It ranks #307 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #16 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 6.65%, lower than in 51% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.43% of a home's value each year, less than in 87% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 55% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 58% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.4 years, longer than in 78% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 59% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 43), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 68% 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 President7.8
- Sales tax4.0
- Property tax7.8
Environment
- Air quality5.7
- Floods / hurricanes5.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.1
- Life expectancy8.4
- Government employees5.5
- Single-parent households7.6