North Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Lee County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths are abundant rainfall (45.9″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: 26 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Lee County is a solid bolthole (59/100). Its strengths: abundant rainfall (45.9″/yr) with little drought and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: 26 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Lee County runs about $7,066 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Lee County gets about 45.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 1.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 26 miles away, and population density is 262.9 people per square mile.