Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cottle County is a strong bolthole (78/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $81k). The trade-offs: modest rainfall (23.6″/yr).
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Cottle County is a strong bolthole (78/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $81k). Watch-outs: modest rainfall (23.6″/yr).
Land in Cottle County runs about $1,059 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cottle County gets about 23.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 43.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 98 miles away, and population density is 1.4 people per square mile.