North Carolina · Off-grid & homestead potential
Vance County is a strong bolthole (65/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (46.3″/yr) with little drought. The trade-offs: 39 mi from the nearest metro.
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Vance County is a strong bolthole (65/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and abundant rainfall (46.3″/yr) with little drought. Watch-outs: 39 mi from the nearest metro.
Land in Vance County runs about $4,200 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Vance County gets about 46.3" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 0.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 39 miles away, and population density is 167.6 people per square mile.