Louisiana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Plaquemines County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (61″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $281k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Plaquemines County is a solid bolthole (62/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (61″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $281k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Plaquemines County runs about $2,130 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Plaquemines County gets about 61" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 9.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 45 miles away, and population density is 28.7 people per square mile.