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Falls Church City, Virginia

Score 6.03 / 10· population 14,685

About 14,700 people live in Falls Church City, Virginia. It ranks #1,982 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #80 of 133 in Virginia. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.15% of a home's value each year, more than in 79% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 86% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 74% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.5 years, longer than in 70% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 62% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 60% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)6.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President1.9
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax4.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.6
  2. Life expectancy7.5
  3. Government employees8.6
  4. Single-parent households7.7

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