New York · Off-grid & homestead potential
Tioga County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (40.7″/yr) and cheap to buy into (typical home $203k). The trade-offs: tighter state governance (59% Republican) and middling conditions for growing food.
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Tioga County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (40.7″/yr) and cheap to buy into (typical home $203k). Watch-outs: tighter state governance (59% Republican) and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Tioga County runs about $2,865 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Tioga County gets about 40.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 58 miles away, and population density is 92 people per square mile.