Rank
2454of 3,144
Charlotte, Virginia
Score 5.60 / 10· population 11,336
About 11,300 people live in Charlotte, Virginia. It ranks #2,454 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #109 of 133 in Virginia. The combined sales tax is 6.3%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.5% of a home's value each year, less than in 79% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 91% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 51% of counties. Life expectancy is about 71.5 years, shorter than in 87% of counties. Air quality is better than in 58% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 63% of counties. On this site's state scores, Virginia gets 7.11 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 6 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
- 2A (state)6.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.6
- Sales tax4.3
- Property tax7.5
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes2.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.6
- Life expectancy1.5
- Government employees0.7
- Single-parent households0.6