New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Los Alamos County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths are low natural-disaster risk and 85.3% of it owned by the federal government. The trade-offs: pricey real estate (typical home $584k) and poor cropland soil.
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Los Alamos County is a marginal bolthole (40/100). Its strengths: low natural-disaster risk and 85.3% of it owned by the federal government. Watch-outs: pricey real estate (typical home $584k) and poor cropland soil.
Land in Los Alamos County runs about $24,134 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Los Alamos County gets about 18" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 37.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 46 miles away, and population density is 178.2 people per square mile.