Idaho · Off-grid & homestead potential
Elmore County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths are strong economic & personal freedom (71% Republican) and cheap to buy into (typical home $361k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and 73.1% of it owned by the federal government.
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Elmore County is a marginal bolthole (49/100). Its strengths: strong economic & personal freedom (71% Republican) and cheap to buy into (typical home $361k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and 73.1% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Elmore County runs about $3,233 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Elmore County gets about 19.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 10.7% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 36 miles away, and population density is 9.7 people per square mile.