Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Parmer County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $171k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and modest rainfall (18.6″/yr).
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Parmer County is a solid bolthole (61/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $171k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and modest rainfall (18.6″/yr).
Land in Parmer County runs about $1,651 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Parmer County gets about 18.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 40.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 72 miles away, and population density is 10.9 people per square mile.