Colorado · Off-grid & homestead potential
Yuma County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 125 mi to the nearest city and strong economic & personal freedom (82% Republican). The trade-offs: modest rainfall (17.6″/yr) and middling conditions for growing food.
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Yuma County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 125 mi to the nearest city and strong economic & personal freedom (82% Republican). Watch-outs: modest rainfall (17.6″/yr) and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Yuma County runs about $1,580 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Yuma County gets about 17.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 17.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 125 miles away, and population density is 4.2 people per square mile.