Kentucky · Off-grid & homestead potential
Breathitt County is a strong bolthole (71/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (49.6″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $96k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Breathitt County is a strong bolthole (71/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (49.6″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $96k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Breathitt County runs about $2,132 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Breathitt County gets about 49.6" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.9% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 71 miles away, and population density is 26.3 people per square mile.