Iowa · Off-grid & homestead potential
Buena Vista County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 97 mi to the nearest city and almost no federal land or extraction.
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Buena Vista County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 97 mi to the nearest city and almost no federal land or extraction.
Land in Buena Vista County runs about $11,332 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Buena Vista County gets about 31" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 22.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 97 miles away, and population density is 35.8 people per square mile.