Nevada · Off-grid & homestead potential
Mineral County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $125k) and low natural-disaster risk. The trade-offs: 87.5% of it owned by the federal government and poor cropland soil.
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Mineral County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $125k) and low natural-disaster risk. Watch-outs: 87.5% of it owned by the federal government and poor cropland soil.
Land in Mineral County runs about $374 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Mineral County gets about 6.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 42.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 97 miles away, and population density is 1.2 people per square mile.