Missouri · Off-grid & homestead potential
Iron County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $159k) and real distance from any metro (83 mi). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Iron County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $159k) and real distance from any metro (83 mi). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Iron County runs about $2,697 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Iron County gets about 47.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 83 miles away, and population density is 17.2 people per square mile.