Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Howard County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $151k) and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: modest rainfall (18.5″/yr).
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Howard County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $151k) and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: modest rainfall (18.5″/yr).
Land in Howard County runs about $1,426 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Howard County gets about 18.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 32.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 44 miles away, and population density is 33.9 people per square mile.