Arizona · Off-grid & homestead potential
Santa Cruz County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $280k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 55.4% of it owned by the federal government.
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Santa Cruz County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $280k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 55.4% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Santa Cruz County runs about $2,575 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Santa Cruz County gets about 17.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 34.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 41 miles away, and population density is 39.8 people per square mile.