New Jersey · Off-grid & homestead potential
Sussex County is a marginal bolthole (41/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.5″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $446k) and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Sussex County is a marginal bolthole (41/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.5″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $446k) and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Sussex County runs about $13,039 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Sussex County gets about 47.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 32 miles away, and population density is 281.7 people per square mile.