Montana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Custer County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 150 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $252k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil.
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Custer County is a strong bolthole (67/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 150 mi to the nearest city and cheap to buy into (typical home $252k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil.
Land in Custer County runs about $1,017 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Custer County gets about 14.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 11.4% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 150 miles away, and population density is 3.2 people per square mile.