New York · Off-grid & homestead potential
Cattaraugus County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.3″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $166k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Cattaraugus County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.3″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $166k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Cattaraugus County runs about $2,954 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Cattaraugus County gets about 45.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 47 miles away, and population density is 57.8 people per square mile.