North Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Macon County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (65.5″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (68% Republican). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Macon County is a solid bolthole (52/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (65.5″/yr) with little drought and strong economic & personal freedom (68% Republican). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Macon County runs about $8,663 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Macon County gets about 65.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 6.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 60 miles away, and population density is 74.5 people per square mile.