North Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Alleghany County is a strong bolthole (65/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (54.5″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food.
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Alleghany County is a strong bolthole (65/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (54.5″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Alleghany County runs about $5,959 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Alleghany County gets about 54.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 56 miles away, and population density is 48.3 people per square mile.