North Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Surry County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (50.4″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 30 mi from the nearest metro.
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Surry County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (50.4″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 30 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Surry County runs about $6,529 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Surry County gets about 50.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 30 miles away, and population density is 134.2 people per square mile.