Oregon · Off-grid & homestead potential
Jefferson County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths are low natural-disaster risk and cheap to buy into (typical home $436k). The trade-offs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (18.4″/yr).
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Jefferson County is a marginal bolthole (51/100). Its strengths: low natural-disaster risk and cheap to buy into (typical home $436k). Watch-outs: poor cropland soil and modest rainfall (18.4″/yr).
Land in Jefferson County runs about $1,816 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Jefferson County gets about 18.4" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 28.5% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 42 miles away, and population density is 14.3 people per square mile.