Rank

136of 3,144

Wayne, Utah

Score 7.55 / 10· population 2,614

About 2,600 people live in Wayne, Utah. It ranks #136 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #8 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 7.65%, higher than in 80% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.38% of a home's value each year, less than in 91% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 59% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.8 years, shorter than in 58% of counties. Air quality is better than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 12), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 95% 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 President7.6
  4. Sales tax3.1
  5. Property tax8.1

Environment

  1. Air quality8.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy4.8
  3. Government employees3.9
  4. Single-parent households8.7

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