Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Fauquier County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (43.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $657k).
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Fauquier County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (43.3″/yr) and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $657k).
Land in Fauquier County runs about $7,962 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Fauquier County gets about 43.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 41 miles away, and population density is 116 people per square mile.