Colorado · Off-grid & homestead potential
Gunnison County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 119 mi to the nearest city and strong economic & personal freedom (33% Republican). The trade-offs: a short, cold growing season (38.7°F avg) and 79.7% of it owned by the federal government.
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Gunnison County is a marginal bolthole (48/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 119 mi to the nearest city and strong economic & personal freedom (33% Republican). Watch-outs: a short, cold growing season (38.7°F avg) and 79.7% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Gunnison County runs about $2,924 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Gunnison County gets about 22.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 26.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 119 miles away, and population density is 5.3 people per square mile.