Rank

1738of 3,144

Sauk, Wisconsin

Score 6.18 / 10· population 65,920

About 65,900 people live in Sauk, Wisconsin. It ranks #1,738 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #62 of 72 in Wisconsin. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.23% of a home's value each year, more than in 83% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 54% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 69% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.7 years, longer than in 72% of counties. Air quality is better than in 63% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 67% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.0
  4. Sales tax5.0
  5. Property tax3.9

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.4
  2. Life expectancy7.7
  3. Government employees4.4
  4. Single-parent households7.1

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