Arizona · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cochise County is a marginal bolthole (47/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $265k) and strong economic & personal freedom (59% Republican). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and poor cropland soil.
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Cochise County is a marginal bolthole (47/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $265k) and strong economic & personal freedom (59% Republican). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and poor cropland soil.
Land in Cochise County runs about $2,695 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cochise County gets about 14" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 36.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 67 miles away, and population density is 20.1 people per square mile.