Rank

931of 3,144

Iron, Wisconsin

Score 6.65 / 10· population 6,228

About 6,200 people live in Iron, Wisconsin. It ranks #931 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #21 of 72 in Wisconsin. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.98% of a home's value each year, more than in 69% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 90% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.3 years, longer than in 86% of counties. Air quality is better than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 28), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 85% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.3
  4. Sales tax5.0
  5. Property tax5.1

Environment

  1. Air quality7.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy9.3
  3. Government employees0.8
  4. Single-parent households4.5

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