Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Castro County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $140k). The trade-offs: modest rainfall (19.3″/yr).
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Castro County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $140k). Watch-outs: modest rainfall (19.3″/yr).
Land in Castro County runs about $2,130 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Castro County gets about 19.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 40.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 52 miles away, and population density is 8.1 people per square mile.