Ranked · Low taxes · United States
Best low-tax cities in the US
Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Low taxes” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on state & local income tax, sales tax, property tax rate, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.
1.Anchorage, AK289k residents
75/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 0% · property tax rate: 1.35%
2.Enterprise, NV240k residents
68/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 8.2% · property tax rate: 0.55%
3.Henderson, NV332k residents
67/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 8.2% · property tax rate: 0.55%
4.North Las Vegas, NV279k residents
67/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 8.2% · property tax rate: 0.55%
5.Port St. Lucie, FL232k residents
67/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 7% · property tax rate: 0.8%
6.Cape Coral, FL216k residents
67/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 7% · property tax rate: 0.8%
7.Las Vegas, NV660k residents
66/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 8.38% · property tax rate: 0.55%
8.Orlando, FL320k residents
66/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 6.5% · property tax rate: 0.9%
9.Reno, NV273k residents
66/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 8.3% · property tax rate: 0.6%
10.St. Petersburg, FL263k residents
66/100state & local income tax: 0% · sales tax: 7% · property tax rate: 0.8%
Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.
- Which city has the lowest taxes in the US?
- Anchorage, AK ranks first with a fit score of 75/100, followed by Enterprise (68) and Henderson (67), using the "Low taxes" weighting.
- How is this ranking calculated?
- Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on state & local income tax, sales tax, property tax rate, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.