Missouri · Off-grid & homestead potential
Newton County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (46.4″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $245k). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Newton County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (46.4″/yr) with little drought and cheap to buy into (typical home $245k). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Newton County runs about $4,732 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Newton County gets about 46.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 9.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 55 miles away, and population density is 97.1 people per square mile.