New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Colfax County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 116 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $250k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (17.1″/yr).
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Colfax County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 116 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $250k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (17.1″/yr).
Land in Colfax County runs about $977 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Colfax County gets about 17.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 48.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 116 miles away, and population density is 3.3 people per square mile.