New Jersey · Off-grid & homestead potential
Salem County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.7″/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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Salem County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.7″/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 Salem County runs about $10,421 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Salem County gets about 45.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 30 miles away, and population density is 196.9 people per square mile.