Texas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Childress County is a strong bolthole (77/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $131k). The trade-offs: modest rainfall (24.2″/yr).
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Childress County is a strong bolthole (77/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and cheap to buy into (typical home $131k). Watch-outs: modest rainfall (24.2″/yr).
Land in Childress County runs about $1,687 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Childress County gets about 24.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 42.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 103 miles away, and population density is 9.7 people per square mile.