South Dakota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Custer County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 228 mi to the nearest city and low natural-disaster risk. The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food and 41.4% of it owned by the federal government.
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Custer County is a solid bolthole (63/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 228 mi to the nearest city and low natural-disaster risk. Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food and 41.4% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Custer County runs about $1,832 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Custer County gets about 19.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 11.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 228 miles away, and population density is 5.9 people per square mile.