Tennessee · Off-grid & homestead potential
Carter County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (80% Republican). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Carter County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (80% Republican). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Carter County runs about $6,540 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Carter County gets about 50.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 103 miles away, and population density is 167.1 people per square mile.