Rank
2376of 3,144
Northumberland, Virginia
Score 5.69 / 10· population 12,391
About 12,400 people live in Northumberland, Virginia. It ranks #2,376 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #105 of 133 in Virginia. The combined sales tax is 5.3%, lower than in 86% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.46% of a home's value each year, less than in 84% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 93% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 72% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.8 years, longer than in 50% of counties. Air quality is better than in 79% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 35), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 80% 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 President6.1
- Sales tax5.2
- Property tax7.7
Environment
- Air quality6.5
- Floods / hurricanes1.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.3
- Life expectancy5.8
- Government employees0.5
- Single-parent households0.5