North Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Wilson County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (49″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 40 mi from the nearest metro.
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Wilson County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (49″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 40 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Wilson County runs about $4,325 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Wilson County gets about 49" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 40 miles away, and population density is 214.8 people per square mile.