New Mexico · Off-grid & homestead potential
Union County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths are cheap to buy into (typical home $117k) and deep isolation — 124 mi to the nearest city. The trade-offs: modest rainfall (16.2″/yr) and middling conditions for growing food.
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Union County is a solid bolthole (64/100). Its strengths: cheap to buy into (typical home $117k) and deep isolation — 124 mi to the nearest city. Watch-outs: modest rainfall (16.2″/yr) and middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Union County runs about $852 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Union County gets about 16.2" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 46.8% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 124 miles away, and population density is 1 people per square mile.