California · Off-grid & homestead potential
Modoc County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 127 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $196k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and 67.8% of it owned by the federal government.
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Modoc County is a solid bolthole (53/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 127 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $196k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and 67.8% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Modoc County runs about $4,267 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Modoc County gets about 17.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 44.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 127 miles away, and population density is 2.2 people per square mile.