Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Wise County is a strong bolthole (71/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $133k). The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food.
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Wise County is a strong bolthole (71/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (50.2″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $133k). Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Wise County runs about $3,671 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Wise County gets about 50.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 102 miles away, and population density is 87.2 people per square mile.