Arkansas · Off-grid & homestead potential
Baxter County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (47.6″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $236k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Baxter County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (47.6″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $236k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Baxter County runs about $3,094 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Baxter County gets about 47.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 8.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 86 miles away, and population density is 77.4 people per square mile.