New Jersey · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cape May County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $803k) and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Cape May County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.1″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $803k) and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Cape May County runs about $19,256 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cape May County gets about 46.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 63 miles away, and population density is 376.2 people per square mile.