Rank

1632of 3,144

San Juan, Utah

Score 6.24 / 10· population 14,358

About 14,400 people live in San Juan, Utah. It ranks #1,632 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #29 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 6.35%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.39% of a home's value each year, less than in 91% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 96% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 74% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.1 years, shorter than in 74% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 66% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 84% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.8
  4. Sales tax4.2
  5. Property tax8.1

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.2
  2. Life expectancy3.1
  3. Government employees0.3
  4. Single-parent households3.1

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