Rank
429of 3,144
Hot Springs, Wyoming
Score 7.02 / 10· population 4,661
About 4,700 people live in Hot Springs, Wyoming. It ranks #429 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #16 of 23 in Wyoming. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.62% of a home's value each year, less than in 63% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 93% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75 years, shorter than in 57% of counties. Air quality is better than in 95% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 25), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 72% of counties. On this site's state scores, Wyoming gets 7.02 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.0
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.1
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax6.9
Environment
- Air quality7.5
- Floods / hurricanes6.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy5.0
- Government employees0.5
- Single-parent households6.7