North Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Ashe County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (53.5″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
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Ashe County is a solid bolthole (60/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (53.5″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Ashe County runs about $6,859 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Ashe County gets about 53.5" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 73 miles away, and population density is 63.5 people per square mile.