Montana · Off-grid & homestead potential
Petroleum County is a strong bolthole (71/100). Its strengths are low natural-disaster risk and cheap to buy into (typical home $199k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil.
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Petroleum County is a strong bolthole (71/100). Its strengths: low natural-disaster risk and cheap to buy into (typical home $199k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil.
Land in Petroleum County runs about $1,059 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Petroleum County gets about 14.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 12.1% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 96 miles away, and population density is 0.3 people per square mile.