New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Doña Ana County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $288k) and 78% of it owned by the federal government. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and arid land — only 9.9″ of rain a year, in severe drought 33.8% of years.
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Doña Ana County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $288k) and 78% of it owned by the federal government. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and arid land — only 9.9″ of rain a year, in severe drought 33.8% of years.
Land in Doña Ana County runs about $2,316 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Doña Ana County gets about 9.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 33.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 3 miles away, and population density is 59.1 people per square mile.