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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.3
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.3
- Sales tax3.1
- Property tax8.4
Environment
- Air quality6.3
- Floods / hurricanes5.0
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.6
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees5.9
- Single-parent households7.7