Louisiana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Evangeline County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $103k) and 100 active oil & gas sites. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Evangeline County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $103k) and 100 active oil & gas sites. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Evangeline County runs about $3,186 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Evangeline County gets about 60.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 12.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 41 miles away, and population density is 47.9 people per square mile.