Oregon · Off-grid & homestead potential
Wheeler County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are low natural-disaster risk and cheap to buy into (typical home $319k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (15.6″/yr).
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Wheeler County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: low natural-disaster risk and cheap to buy into (typical home $319k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (15.6″/yr).
Land in Wheeler County runs about $1,382 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Wheeler County gets about 15.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 26.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 77 miles away, and population density is 0.8 people per square mile.