Utah · Off-grid & homestead potential
Emery County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths are low natural-disaster risk and deep isolation — 94 mi to the nearest city. The trade-offs: 82.3% of it owned by the federal government and poor cropland soil.
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Emery County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths: low natural-disaster risk and deep isolation — 94 mi to the nearest city. Watch-outs: 82.3% of it owned by the federal government and poor cropland soil.
Land in Emery County runs about $6,319 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Emery County gets about 9.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 35.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 94 miles away, and population density is 2.3 people per square mile.