Nebraska · Off-grid & homestead potential
Merrick County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $233k).
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Merrick County is a strong bolthole (68/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $233k).
Land in Merrick County runs about $5,476 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Merrick County gets about 27.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 18.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 76 miles away, and population density is 15.9 people per square mile.