New Hampshire · Off-grid & homestead potential
Merrimack County is a marginal bolthole (50/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.2″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (44% Republican). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Merrimack County is a marginal bolthole (50/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.2″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (44% Republican). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Merrimack County runs about $7,512 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Merrimack County gets about 47.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 5.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 25 miles away, and population density is 168.4 people per square mile.