New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Lincoln County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 115 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $351k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and poor cropland soil.
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Lincoln County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 115 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $351k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and poor cropland soil.
Land in Lincoln County runs about $915 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Lincoln County gets about 14.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 42.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 115 miles away, and population density is 4.1 people per square mile.