South Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Horry County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (51.3″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (65 mi).
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Horry County is a solid bolthole (57/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (51.3″/yr) with little drought and low extraction and seizure exposure. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and real distance from any metro (65 mi).
Land in Horry County runs about $4,912 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Horry County gets about 51.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 2.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 65 miles away, and population density is 350.7 people per square mile.