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Best No-Income-Tax States for Homesteading

The states that levy no personal income tax, ranked by their overall homestead score. Keeping more of an off-farm or remote income is a real advantage — these are the no-income-tax states ordered by how well they otherwise suit a homestead.

  1. #StateOverall scoreScore
  2. 1Tennessee79/10079
  3. 2Florida63/10063
  4. 3Texas55/10055
  5. 4South Dakota48/10048
  6. 5Alaska43/10043
  7. 6Wyoming42/10042
  8. 7New Hampshire37/10037
  9. 8Washington33/10033
  10. 9Nevada28/10028

Rankings are computed automatically from public-dataset figures (U.S. Census, USDA, NOAA, FEMA, FCC, BLS) using the same homestead-scoring model as our state and county pages, so they update as the data does.

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Which states have no income tax?

This list includes every state with no personal income tax and orders them by overall homestead score, so you can weigh the tax advantage against land, climate, water, and freedom.

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