Colorado · Off-grid & homestead potential
Chaffee County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths are strong economic & personal freedom (45% Republican) and real distance from any metro (76 mi). The trade-offs: a short, cold growing season (38.5°F avg) and 79.3% of it owned by the federal government.
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Chaffee County is a marginal bolthole (42/100). Its strengths: strong economic & personal freedom (45% Republican) and real distance from any metro (76 mi). Watch-outs: a short, cold growing season (38.5°F avg) and 79.3% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Chaffee County runs about $6,178 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Chaffee County gets about 17.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 18.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 76 miles away, and population density is 20.3 people per square mile.