Rank

398of 3,144

Summit, Utah

Score 7.05 / 10· population 42,759

About 42,800 people live in Summit, Utah. It ranks #398 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #21 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 7.65%, higher than in 80% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.32% of a home's value each year, less than in 95% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 60% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 73% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 69% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 38), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 63% 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 President4.3
  4. Sales tax3.1
  5. Property tax8.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.6
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees5.9
  4. Single-parent households7.7

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