Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Smyth County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.5″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $160k). The trade-offs: moderate natural-hazard risk and middling conditions for growing food.
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Smyth County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.5″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $160k). Watch-outs: moderate natural-hazard risk and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Smyth County runs about $3,971 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Smyth County gets about 47.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.3% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 87 miles away, and population density is 64.7 people per square mile.