Rank
437of 3,144
Buffalo, Wisconsin
Score 7.01 / 10· population 13,419
About 13,400 people live in Buffalo, Wisconsin. It ranks #437 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #1 of 72 in Wisconsin. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.04% of a home's value each year, more than in 73% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 72% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.8 years, longer than in 89% of counties. Air quality is better than in 61% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 83% of counties. On this site's state scores, Wisconsin gets 6.86 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 8 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
- 2A (state)8.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.5
- Sales tax5.0
- Property tax4.8
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes7.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy9.8
- Government employees7.2
- Single-parent households7.5