Idaho · Off-grid & homestead potential
Gooding County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths are strong economic & personal freedom (77% Republican) and low natural-disaster risk. The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and arid land — only 10.7″ of rain a year.
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Gooding County is a solid bolthole (55/100). Its strengths: strong economic & personal freedom (77% Republican) and low natural-disaster risk. Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and arid land — only 10.7″ of rain a year.
Land in Gooding County runs about $7,101 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Gooding County gets about 10.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 17.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 79 miles away, and population density is 22 people per square mile.