West Virginia · Off-grid & homestead potential
Mercer County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $149k) and decent rainfall (42.1″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Mercer County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $149k) and decent rainfall (42.1″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Mercer County runs about $2,733 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Mercer County gets about 42.1" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 101 miles away, and population density is 138.6 people per square mile.