South Dakota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Mellette County is a strong bolthole (76/100). Its strengths are deep isolation — 200 mi to the nearest city and cheap land ($1,213/acre). The trade-offs: middling conditions for growing food.
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Mellette County is a strong bolthole (76/100). Its strengths: deep isolation — 200 mi to the nearest city and cheap land ($1,213/acre). Watch-outs: middling conditions for growing food.
Land in Mellette County runs about $1,213 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Mellette County gets about 20.8" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 11.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 200 miles away, and population density is 1.4 people per square mile.