Wyoming · Off-grid & homestead potential
Sweetwater County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 164 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $294k). The trade-offs: a short, cold growing season (42.3°F avg) and 70.8% of it owned by the federal government.
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Sweetwater County is a solid bolthole (58/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 164 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $294k). Watch-outs: a short, cold growing season (42.3°F avg) and 70.8% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Sweetwater County runs about $387 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Sweetwater County gets about 9.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 16% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 164 miles away, and population density is 4 people per square mile.