Idaho · Off-grid & homestead potential
Payette County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths are strong economic & personal freedom (78% Republican) and low natural-disaster risk. The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and arid land — only 12.9″ of rain a year.
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Payette County is a solid bolthole (56/100). Its strengths: strong economic & personal freedom (78% Republican) and low natural-disaster risk. Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and arid land — only 12.9″ of rain a year.
Land in Payette County runs about $5,191 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Payette County gets about 12.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 14.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 28 miles away, and population density is 67 people per square mile.