Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Dickenson County is a strong bolthole (79/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.8″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $117k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil.
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Dickenson County is a strong bolthole (79/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.8″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $117k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil.
Land in Dickenson County runs about $2,612 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Dickenson County gets about 46.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 120 miles away, and population density is 41.3 people per square mile.