Colorado · Off-grid & homestead potential
Las Animas County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $248k) and low natural-disaster risk. The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (15.8″/yr).
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Las Animas County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $248k) and low natural-disaster risk. Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (15.8″/yr).
Land in Las Animas County runs about $1,005 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Las Animas County gets about 15.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 37.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 70 miles away, and population density is 3 people per square mile.