Oregon · Off-grid & homestead potential
Josephine County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths are decent rainfall (53.9″/yr) and deep isolation — 114 mi to the nearest city. The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 69.2% of it owned by the federal government.
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Josephine County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths: decent rainfall (53.9″/yr) and deep isolation — 114 mi to the nearest city. Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and 69.2% of it owned by the federal government.
Land in Josephine County runs about $20,397 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Josephine County gets about 53.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 24% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 114 miles away, and population density is 53.6 people per square mile.