New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Sierra County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $191k) and real distance from any metro (52 mi). The trade-offs: 63.9% of it owned by the federal government and poor cropland soil.
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Sierra County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $191k) and real distance from any metro (52 mi). Watch-outs: 63.9% of it owned by the federal government and poor cropland soil.
Land in Sierra County runs about $406 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Sierra County gets about 11.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 34.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 52 miles away, and population density is 2.7 people per square mile.