Nebraska · Off-grid & homestead potential
Perkins County is a strong bolthole (75/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 167 mi to the nearest city and almost no federal land or extraction. The trade-offs: modest rainfall (19.8″/yr) and middling conditions for growing food.
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Perkins County is a strong bolthole (75/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 167 mi to the nearest city and almost no federal land or extraction. Watch-outs: modest rainfall (19.8″/yr) and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Perkins County runs about $2,196 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Perkins County gets about 19.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 24.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 167 miles away, and population density is 3.2 people per square mile.