New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Grant County is a marginal bolthole (47/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $183k) and real distance from any metro (89 mi). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and modest rainfall (15.1″/yr).
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Grant County is a marginal bolthole (47/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $183k) and real distance from any metro (89 mi). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and modest rainfall (15.1″/yr).
Land in Grant County runs about $575 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Grant County gets about 15.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 40.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 89 miles away, and population density is 6.9 people per square mile.