Rank
1117of 3,144
Rockingham, Virginia
Score 6.54 / 10· population 86,568
About 86,600 people live in Rockingham, Virginia. It ranks #1,117 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #18 of 133 in Virginia. The combined sales tax is 5.3%, lower than in 86% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.55% of a home's value each year, less than in 72% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 56% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 52% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.5 years, longer than in 79% of counties. Air quality is better than in 59% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 77% 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 President6.8
- Sales tax5.2
- Property tax7.3
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes1.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.4
- Life expectancy8.5
- Government employees4.2
- Single-parent households8.6