Massachusetts · Off-grid & homestead potential
Nantucket County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (43.7″/yr). The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $3088k) and real distance from any metro (52 mi).
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Nantucket County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (43.7″/yr). Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $3088k) and real distance from any metro (52 mi).
Land in Nantucket County runs about $14,302 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Nantucket County gets about 43.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 52 miles away, and population density is 312.7 people per square mile.